Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... engine , which was the largest displacement engine available when the Superfort was designed and the choice of all four manufacturers entered in the 1940 bomber competition . Its origins went back to a 1935 Wright Aero Cor- poration ...
... engine , which was the largest displacement engine available when the Superfort was designed and the choice of all four manufacturers entered in the 1940 bomber competition . Its origins went back to a 1935 Wright Aero Cor- poration ...
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... engines . Alu- minum - finned and forged barrels were fitted to the engines . Movable cowl flaps were designed to handle this situation ( devices like flower petals were installed midway on the engine nacelles ) , but as the cowl flaps ...
... engines . Alu- minum - finned and forged barrels were fitted to the engines . Movable cowl flaps were designed to handle this situation ( devices like flower petals were installed midway on the engine nacelles ) , but as the cowl flaps ...
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... engines ) . Engine failure was blamed for 28 percent of the accidents in the first five hundred B - 29s , in sharp contrast to 4 percent in the first five hundred B - 17s , and overall , engines and electrical systems ac- counted for 45 ...
... engines ) . Engine failure was blamed for 28 percent of the accidents in the first five hundred B - 29s , in sharp contrast to 4 percent in the first five hundred B - 17s , and overall , engines and electrical systems ac- counted for 45 ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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