Most WW1 aircraft were made of wood and fabric, they were slow and had no armour. If the thin gas tanks were penetrated by bullets, the plane would inevitably burn. They were dangerous to fly, yet many young men did fly them.
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Some like the HP 0 400 had two engines. They were extremely inaccurate in the delivery of bombing. They were used in the ground attack role.
The Lusitania was sunk
the German were the first to use bombers, their first bomber was a zeppelin invented by Edward zeppelin
The two successful four-engine bombers were: 1. The Handley Page Halifax (entered service in 1941) 2. The AVRO Lancaster (entered since in 1942).
No, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, also called the B-1 bomber wasn't first officially used by the United State's military until October 1st, 1986, while World War 2 ended in 1945.
Yes, there were a number of Zepplin bombing raids on England during the war.