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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  [[Suicide bomber]]s detonated each of the truck bombs. In the attack on the American Marines ...ks Lebanon 1983 Map.jpg|thumb|Sketch map of the route taken by the suicide bomber on the morning of 23 October 1983. [From the Long Commission Report].]]
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• USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  ...arded the [[Navy Cross]] for distinguished service in intercepting enemy [[bomber]]s attacking his [[aircraft carrier|carrier]] 20 February 1942, and was [[p
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• USS Holder (DE-401)
  ...an]] planes and just before midnight 11 April it was attacked by [[torpedo bomber]]s. ''Holder'' and the other escorts immediately opened fire and began maki
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• USS Menges (DE-320)
  ...coast of the U.S.]], was attacked by 30 [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[torpedo bomber]]s. After shooting down one of the planes, ''Menges'' rescued 137 survivors
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...mber first came under enemy air attack. A wave of [[torpedo]] and medium [[bomber]]s damaged three ships in her convoy but were driven off by the escort's [[
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• USS Fiske (DE-143)
  ...f these, on 20 April 1944 her convoy came under attack by German [[torpedo bomber]]s in the western Mediterranean, but none of the enemy planes came within r
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• USS Farquhar (DE-139)
  ...er 1944 ''Farquhar'' rescued 10 aviators from liferafts after their patrol bomber splashed, and while in [[Florida]] waters as plane guard for carriers condu
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• USS Swasey (DE-248)
  ...y {{convert|15|ft|m}} from the ship. At 2355 the gunners splashed an enemy bomber which passed over the fantail at a height of {{convert|50|ft|m}}. At 0004 o
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...ng the strikes. Her guns splashed one [[Ju-88]] and damaged another German bomber during the first strike.
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• USS Swenning (DE-394)
  ...embers of the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] whose [[Handley Page Halifax|Halifax bomber]] had been ditched in the ocean. The task group arrived at Bermuda on 30 Ju
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• USS Absecon (AVP-23)
  ...period: On 13 November 1943, while serving as a target ship for [[torpedo bomber]]s, ''Absecon'' observed a small freighter, SS ''Franklin Baker'', flying d
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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  ...BM Mariner]] [[flying boat]]s. She tended six Martin PBM-3Ds from [[Patrol bomber|Patrol Bombing]] [[Squadron#Aviation|Squadron]] 25 (VPB-25) from October 14 ...in a vain effort to sink it, ''Bering Strait'' rammed and sank the hardy [[bomber]].
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• USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36)
  ...invasion of [[Iwo Jima]]. ''Cook Inlet'' rescued 27 survivors of downed [[bomber]]s. She was still on duty at Iwo Jima when hostilities with [[Japan]] ended
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  ...ring the [[bay]], fired on three twin-motored [[Mitsubishi G4M]] "Betty" [[bomber]]s, claiming two kills as one "Betty" crashed into the sea and a second, tr
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• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  ...lowing day, ''Yakutat'' serviced the first plane of [[Patrol bomber|Patrol Bomber]] [[Squadron#Aviation|Squadron]] 216 (VPB-216), furnishing [[aviation fuel] ''Yakutat'' tended planes of Patrol Bomber Squadron 16 (VPB-16) and Patrol Bomber Squadron 17 (VPB-17) at Saipan through mid-January 1945. She departed Tanap
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• USS Unimak (AVP-31)
  ...945, ''Unimak'' transported the men and materiel of [[Patrol bomber|Patrol Bomber]] [[Squadron#Aviation|Squadron]] 103 (VPB-103) and Patrol Bonber Squadron 1
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• USS Barataria (AVP-33)
  ...y 1945 anchored off [[Leyte]] in the [[San Juanico Strait]] tending Patrol Bomber Squadron (VPB) 25, consisting of 15 Martin [[PBM Mariner|PBM-3D Mariner]] [ ...e she anchored shortly after [[noon]]. As the [[patrol bomber]]s of Patrol Bomber Squadron (VPB) 17 arrived that afternoon, one plane sank after a rough land
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• Vickers S
  ...]] from [[Coventry Ordnance Works]].The gun was originally intended as a [[bomber]] defensive weapon and was tested as such in a [[Gun turret|turret]] fitted ...[[RP3|60 pdr RPs]] (rocket projectiles) fired by [[Strike fighter|fighter-bomber]]s was only 5% against tank-sized targets.
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• 20 mm Becker
  ...to utilise the Becker were large aircraft - the [[Friedrichshafen G.III]] bomber and [[AEG G.IV|AEG G.IVk]] ground-attack machine. Tests in smaller, single-
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  ...effectiveness, given the ever-increasing speeds of low-altitude [[fighter-bomber]]s and attack aircraft. The Army in particular felt the proper solution was
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• Afanasev Makarov AM-23
  ...Air Force. A new 23mm cannon was needed for the defensive turrets of this bomber, which was supposed to be more compact and faster firing than the NR-23. Th ...e others were mounted in pairs inside the defensive turrets. The [[Tu-95]] bomber was in most versions equipped with a total of six AM-23 cannon located in t
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• Autocannon
  ...r ''Bordkanone'' models, and on the [[Messerschmitt Me 410|Me 410 A-1/U4]] bomber destroyer version of the ''Hornisse'' heavy fighter. 300 examples of the BK
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• BK 37
  ...ounted on [[World War II]] [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft such as the anti-tank or bomber-destroyer versions of the [[Junkers Ju 87]]D-3 and G-2, [[Henschel Hs 129]]
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• Berezin B-20
  ...trically-fired version was created for the turrets of the [[Tupolev Tu-4]] bomber until the [[Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23]] cannon became available. The B-20 was
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23
  ...nd [[IAR 93]], and the tail turrets of the [[Tupolev Tu-22M]] 'Backfire' [[bomber]] and some late-model [[Tu-95]]s. In that application, it had the unusual a
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• Ho-1 cannon
  ...orld War II. It was a [[Type 97 20 mm anti-tank rifle]] adopted for use in bomber turrets.
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• Ho-203 cannon
  ...was used only as the nose gun of the [[Ki-45]] KAI heavy fighter, the anti-bomber workhorse of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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• Ho-204 cannon
  ...rmament in the Ki-46-III and as nose armament in several experimental anti-bomber aircraft.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...or aircraft ranging from the [[P-47 Thunderbolt]] to the [[B-25 Mitchell]] bomber. ...e used later in the war in such aircraft as the [[Avro Lancaster|Lancaster bomber]].
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• M39 cannon
  ...quently adopted as standard armament of the [[F-86 Sabre|F-86H]] [[fighter-bomber]], [[F-100 Super Sabre]], [[F-101|F-101A and F-101C Voodoo]], and the [[F-5
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• M4 cannon
  ...erceptor aircraft|interceptor]]s with a weapon that could shoot down any [[bomber]] with as little as one hit. It was a compact design with a relatively low
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• M61 Vulcan
  ...r B-58 Hustler]] and [[B-52 Stratofortress|Boeing B-52H Stratofortress]] [[bomber]]s. [[Japan]]'s [[Mitsubishi F-1]] carried one internally mounted JM61A1 V
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• MG 151 cannon
  ...hits to down a B-17, while 18-20 hits were required to down other 4-engine bomber types, and only four hits were required to down a single-engine fighter. Wh
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• MK 108 cannon
  ...rage just four hits with high-explosive ammunition to bring down a [[heavy bomber]] such as a [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] or [[B-24 Liberator]] and a single hit ...al service in late autumn 1943 with the [[Messerschmitt Bf 110|Bf 110G-2]] bomber destroyers and in the [[Messerschmitt Bf 109|Bf 109G-6/U4]].
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• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23
  |caption= NR-23 cannons in tail barbette of the [[Ilyushin Il-28|Il-28]] bomber. ...higher firing rate. The AM-23 was used in [[turret]]ed installations for [[bomber]]s. It was a gas-operated weapon, weighed 43 kg (95 lb) and was capable of
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• Nudelman-Suranov NS-37
  ...ound targets (including armoured ones) and planes (ability to shoot down a bomber with a single hit).
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• Nudelman N-37
  ...of [[ammunition]], but a single shell was often sufficient to destroy a [[bomber]].
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• QF 3.7 inch AA gun
  ...problems, the British relied almost entirely on the [[Royal Air Force]]'s bomber fleet as a deterrent force, ignoring the defence almost entirely.
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• QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
  ...ngagement.<ref>Hodges, Tribal Class Destroyers, p32: Diagram of High Level Bomber Attack: A 240mph target, at 12 thousand feet altitude could expect to be un
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• Rikhter R-23
  In the late 1940's and the early 1950's tests with defensive bomber turret cannons resulted in problems caused by the air flow affecting the we ...ret of the “A”, “B”, “K” and “R” versions of the [[Tu-22]] bomber only. The hydraulically elevated and traversed DK-20 turret uses the radar
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• Type 88 75 mm AA Gun
  A variant was experimentally fitted to a [[Mitsubishi Ki-67|Ki-109]] [[bomber]] in an attempt to reach the B-29 Superfortress bombers. Another variant of
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• Type 91 torpedo
  ...completed work. This [[Nakajima G8N|G8N]] or the 18th trial model 4-engine bomber was called "Type 18 prototype land-based attack aircraft". ...ots would surely turn hard to maneuver around. It is mandatory for torpedo-bomber pilot ''attacking'', or running into the target as close as possible.
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• Type 99 cannon
  ...Zero''. A flexible version, initially developed for the [[Mitsubishi G3M]] bomber, was inverted to put the ammunition drum below the line of sight of the gun
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...training aircraft to be specifically used by aircrews destined to serve on bomber aircraft. As the RAF was in the process of migrating from [[biplane]]s to [ ...d (nicknamed the 'Ox-box') was used to prepare complete aircrews for [[RAF Bomber Command]] and could simultaneously train pilots, navigators, bomb aimers, g
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• CR-39
  ...mber aircraft in World War II, reducing weight and increasing range of the bomber. After the War, the Armorlite Lens Company in California is credited with
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• Polymer engineering
  [[Image:USAF B-2 Spirit.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[B-2 Spirit]] stealth bomber of the [[United States Air Force|U.S Air Force]].]] ...ore mundane products like [[fishing rod]]s and [[bicycle]]s. The [[stealth bomber]] was the first all-composite aircraft, but many passenger aircraft like th
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• List of terrorist incidents, 1980
  ...nds in [[Theresienwiese]], [[Munich]], [[Germany]] kills 12, including the bomber [[Gundolf Kohler]], a member of the neo-Nazi Military Sport Group Hoffman, ...d Norfolk Hotel in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]. The Kenyan government said the bomber was a member of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]].[http
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• August 1980 Bologna bombing
  ...the [[Radical Party (Italy)|Radical Party]] <ref>[[Anne Hanley]], "Bologna bomber slips back into society," ''[[The Independent]]'', 16 April 1998 [http://fi ...by the Court of Cassation in April 2007.<ref>{{cite news | title = Bologna bomber's 30-year jail term confirmed | publisher = Associated Press | date = 11 Ap
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• Preparedness Day Bombing
  The identity of the bomber (or bombers) has never been determined, but has been attributed by several ...iences. Perhaps it was thought that the film might help to "flush out" the bomber. The Hearst-Pathe film of the bombing scene was filmed after most of the bo
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• Eric Robert Rudolph
  ...rt Rudolph''' (born September 19, 1966), also known as the '''Olympic Park Bomber''', is an [[United States|American]] responsible for a series of [[bombing] ...R. Scott. [http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1310494&secid=1 "Olympic bomber Rudolph calls Supermax home."] ''[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|Colorado
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