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Early Jet Bombers

1944-1954

Images of War

In the decades after the Second World War Britain, America and the Soviet Union all built fleets of

jet bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The graceful delta-winged Avro Vulcan was one of

a trio of V-bombers which acted as the British nuclear deterrent in the 1950s and 1960s.

Early Jet Bombers

1944-1954

RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WARTIME ARCHIVES

Images of War

LEO MARRIOTT

First published in Great Britain in 2019 by

Pen & Sword Aviation

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ISBN 978 1 52675 389 2

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