What is a Bomber?
A bomber is a military aircraft which has been designed and equipped specifically for the purpose of dropping bombs onto ground and submarine targets. In contrast, a fighter is an aircraft which is used in air to air combat, equipped to attack other planes. Historically, bombers were highly specialized aircraft; in the modern era, the distinction between bombers and fighters is often less clear, as aerial combat is much less common than it once was. The credit for the first aerial bomb belongs to the Italians, who dropped grenades from planes in 1911. In the First World War, a variety of aircraft including blimps were used to drop bombs, and in the Second World War, the bomber came to be a very important tactical tool, with many militaries having an assortment of bombers in their library to choose from, from long-range tactical bombers to close air support bombers, used to help troops on the ground. Many bombings of the Second World War are quite famous, thanks to the devastation they
