Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... crew . Although the original tables of organization specified a fourteen - man crew , by 1943 it had been reduced to ten men . ( Later a radar operator was added , so that the standard wartime . Superfort crew numbered eleven . ) Two crews ...
... crew . Although the original tables of organization specified a fourteen - man crew , by 1943 it had been reduced to ten men . ( Later a radar operator was added , so that the standard wartime . Superfort crew numbered eleven . ) Two crews ...
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... crew that went down faced more dangerous conditions in Japanese than in German hands , and rescue from the sea , certainly early on in the war , was problematic . The Superfort crews found conditions at their bases difficult and spartan ...
... crew that went down faced more dangerous conditions in Japanese than in German hands , and rescue from the sea , certainly early on in the war , was problematic . The Superfort crews found conditions at their bases difficult and spartan ...
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... crew believed that the goal was thirty missions , with talk of a tour from thirty to thirty missions . In the spring , the Twentieth decided on thirty - five , much to the disgust of the crews and a subsequent lowering of morale . By ...
... crew believed that the goal was thirty missions , with talk of a tour from thirty to thirty missions . In the spring , the Twentieth decided on thirty - five , much to the disgust of the crews and a subsequent lowering of morale . By ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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