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Page 68
The culprit was the Wright R-3350 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
...
The culprit was the Wright R-3350 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
...
Page 70
The engines continued to have technical problems and proved only marginal in
operations. Although it is true that they improved as time went on (as they
became better designed, constructed, maintained, and operated), this
improvement was ...
The engines continued to have technical problems and proved only marginal in
operations. Although it is true that they improved as time went on (as they
became better designed, constructed, maintained, and operated), this
improvement was ...
Page 71
Engine failures were frequent. They were responsible for about half of the aborts
in both training and operations in 1944 and for about half of the cases of loss or
serious damage. The AAF expected to get about 400 hours on the engines ...
Engine failures were frequent. They were responsible for about half of the aborts
in both training and operations in 1944 and for about half of the cases of loss or
serious damage. The AAF expected to get about 400 hours on the engines ...
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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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