CNN has confirmed that the bombers used home made nitroglycerin bombs, which had iron nails in them to increase casualties.

The Dart was the standard single-seat torpedo bomber used by the Fleet Air Arm from 1923 until 1933.

The Armageddon is a heavy bomber used for delivering heavier ordnance like cluster bombs loaded with landmines.

It was the main Polish bomber and reconnaissance aircraft used during the Invasion of Poland.

Fifteen of the 18 bombers used in the film still remain intact, including one on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.

These were the bombers used in the main or that represented a shift in heavy bomber design.

The Valiant was the first bomber used as a tanker operationally.

The B-29 Superfortress was the strategic bomber used in the Pacific, and replacement heavy bomber crews were no longer needed.

It was the last piston-engined bomber used by the Royal Air Force.

Of the four types of bomber used by the Luftwaffe the Ju 88 was considered to be the most difficult to shoot down.