How was bombing used in world war 2?

Answer 1

World War II Bombers were used for many different tasks. Their main task was to interupt, destroy or make the enemy's ability to conduct war impossible. But they had other roles, dropping supplies, reconnaissance, rescue, and many other roles. The main heavy bombers for the US were..

B-17-Flying Fortress B-24 B-25--Medium Bomber B-26 Maurder B-29 Super Fortress..These are the planes that dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan

AnswerEven if it sounds stupid... they were used for bombing. That means, only bombing and transports. Even the B-17 wasn't strong enough to defend itself against air agressors without cover. So... if you have a look a modern military jets... bombing, intercepting,... all that together... impossible for any ww2 bomber. The dog-fight or intercepting role was taken by smaller fighters... but there were smaller bombers, too. Think of the German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka), bombing small targets with high precision.

Answer :

most bombers were solw and not very well armoured so normally were escorted by long ranger fighters there were also medium bombers like the B-25 Mitchel bomber and there were fighter/bombers and dive bombers like the junkers and the mosquito which were fighter sized planes that could drop small bombs on a target then dogfight with enemy planes but they were mainly designed as bombers so they werent very good at dogfighting.

Answer 2

Tactical air strikes were coming of age during WW2. The primary function of air power in WW2 was strategic for the US Army Air Corps; the bombing of industrial sites...and for the US Navy; the bombing of enemy warships/merchantmen. US Marine Corps aviators came the closest to supplying tactical air support for Marines fighting on the ground. The Korean War experimented further with tactical air strikes, and introduced jet aircraft for those roles. The Vietnam War became the apex of both Strategic & Tactical airpower. The mightiest bomber known to mankind...the B-52 performed BOTH strategic bombings(over North Vietnam) and tactical bombings (over South Vietnam); while all of the US jet fighter/bombers developed from WW2, through Korea, through the mid and late 1950's culminated into the super-sonic jet fighter bombers that supplied around the clock anytime/anywhere close air strikes (CAS) for the men on the ground. In Vietnam, it was not uncommon to have a communist machine gun nest have a jet air strike called upon it. An airstrike of that proportion would have been unheard of in WW2 or Korea; but by the time of Vietnam...we had the technology & airmen to do it.

Answer 3

Fighting in the war. They served the same purpose as in World War 1, and ever since to the present day. A fighter plane of any era is designed to shoot down an enemy plane, thus gaining control of the air, or at the least denying the enemy control of the air.

Answer 4

There were many variations on the B series used most notably B-17: The Flying Fortress. B 25, B26 & B29 Mitchell, Marauder & Superfortress were some of the others.

Answer 5

Both sides in WW 2 took advantage of both long range and short range bombers. These planes were able to reach targets well before the motorized armies could.

Answer 6

Arvo Landcaster B17 B24 B26

Answer 7

to kill Germans and kick ass