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By then the first B-29s were beginning to emerge from the factories: at Wichita in
September 1943, Marietta in November 1943, Omaha in December 1943, and
Renton in January 1944.60 Bell was selected to build the B-29 on 22 December
...
By then the first B-29s were beginning to emerge from the factories: at Wichita in
September 1943, Marietta in November 1943, Omaha in December 1943, and
Renton in January 1944.60 Bell was selected to build the B-29 on 22 December
...
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bomb loads, from an average of 5,400 pounds in mid-January, to 6,200 pounds
in late January and to an average of almost 6,700 pounds in February. At the
same time the gross takeoff weights decreased from an average of 137,000
pounds ...
bomb loads, from an average of 5,400 pounds in mid-January, to 6,200 pounds
in late January and to an average of almost 6,700 pounds in February. At the
same time the gross takeoff weights decreased from an average of 137,000
pounds ...
Page 148
Nevertheless, the 313th's ground echelon began to arrive on Tinian on 27
December and its air echelon in early January. The unit flew a few training
missions before its first combat mission against Japan on 4 February.78 The
crews of the ...
Nevertheless, the 313th's ground echelon began to arrive on Tinian on 27
December and its air echelon in early January. The unit flew a few training
missions before its first combat mission against Japan on 4 February.78 The
crews of the ...
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User Review - alco261 - LibraryThingBlankets of Fire is more than just a history of the B-29 bombing effort against Japan during the Second World War. Mr. Werrell opens with a concise history of the evolution of the concept of strategic ... Read full review
Contents
Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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| Title | Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II Smithsonian history of aviation series |
| Author | Kenneth P. Werrell |
| Publisher | Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 1560986654, 9781560986652 |
| Length | 350 pages |
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