Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... air corps of strategic bombing proponents , they provided the impetus for building better bombers in the United ... air war against Ger- many , the B - 17 and B - 24 , and even before either saw combat , the American airmen were ...
... air corps of strategic bombing proponents , they provided the impetus for building better bombers in the United ... air war against Ger- many , the B - 17 and B - 24 , and even before either saw combat , the American airmen were ...
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... air corps sent out a formal " request for data ” written by Putt for an aircraft with performance superior to existing air corps bombers , specifically seeking an aircraft capable of achieving a top speed of 400 miles per hour and of ...
... air corps sent out a formal " request for data ” written by Putt for an aircraft with performance superior to existing air corps bombers , specifically seeking an aircraft capable of achieving a top speed of 400 miles per hour and of ...
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... Air Force : Tactical Employment , " I , 1945 , HRA 519.601A , p . 109 ; Homze , Arm- ing the Luftwaffe , 34 , 54-55 ... Corps , " speech , 8 Oct. 1937 , AW : 2 . 78. In Spain , 1,654 were killed in one day in Guernica , and 875 in three days ...
... Air Force : Tactical Employment , " I , 1945 , HRA 519.601A , p . 109 ; Homze , Arm- ing the Luftwaffe , 34 , 54-55 ... Corps , " speech , 8 Oct. 1937 , AW : 2 . 78. In Spain , 1,654 were killed in one day in Guernica , and 875 in three days ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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