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I quickly learned the differences between it and its World War II predecessor, the
Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The most obvious modification was the removal of the
defensive armament. This, combined with the lack of bombs, meant we flew at ...
I quickly learned the differences between it and its World War II predecessor, the
Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The most obvious modification was the removal of the
defensive armament. This, combined with the lack of bombs, meant we flew at ...
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THREE The Boeing B-29 ^^mmm Superfortress Best Bomber of the War Of all the
bombers flying during World War II, only the B-29 could have carried out a
sustained bombing campaign against Japan. This aircraft "spawned superlatives"
but ...
THREE The Boeing B-29 ^^mmm Superfortress Best Bomber of the War Of all the
bombers flying during World War II, only the B-29 could have carried out a
sustained bombing campaign against Japan. This aircraft "spawned superlatives"
but ...
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1945, 14; Chester Marshall, B-29 Superfortress (Osceola, Wisc.: Motorbooks,
1993), 86. See also the following secondary sources: Caidin, Torch to the Enemy,
120; Lawrence Cortesi, Target: Tokyo (New York: Zebra, 1983), 263; Conrad ...
1945, 14; Chester Marshall, B-29 Superfortress (Osceola, Wisc.: Motorbooks,
1993), 86. See also the following secondary sources: Caidin, Torch to the Enemy,
120; Lawrence Cortesi, Target: Tokyo (New York: Zebra, 1983), 263; Conrad ...
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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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