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light bomber

American  

noun

Military.
  1. a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kilograms).


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Overhead was the same type of plan flown by Bush during the war — a blue light bomber called an Avenger.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022

The others include images of HMS Warspite shelling in support of the landings, British troops advancing inland, and an American light bomber providing air back-up.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2019

At Camp McCauley airstrip near Linz, Austria, a Russian two-engine light bomber bounced on to the field, overshot the strip and crumpled into a fence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over the English Channel near Lands End, a Mosquito light bomber climbed to 36,400 feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

"With a fast, light bomber, would you have a chance to land over there?"

From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Rutherford George Montgomery

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