Jets Down Lincoln Bomber. The relative sizes of a Lincoln bomber and a jet fighter are demonstrated in this stock picture showing a Meteor jet fighter (left) being re-fuelled in mid-air from a giant Lincoln bomber during the Farnborough Air *****, September 1950. Unidentified jet fighters shot down a British four-engined Lincoln bomber on the East-West frontier of Germany today March 12th. At least four British airmen were reported killed when the bomber crashed in Flames near the Else River. M