Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... fly- ing activities of the 58th . Meanwhile the 73rd's flying crews worked on ground school but did little flying . The unit began its scheduled train- ing in April 1944 , just as the 58th cleared the bases for their eastward flight ...
... fly- ing activities of the 58th . Meanwhile the 73rd's flying crews worked on ground school but did little flying . The unit began its scheduled train- ing in April 1944 , just as the 58th cleared the bases for their eastward flight ...
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... flying hours with three stops . Back in Kansas , the flying echelon began to re- ceive its flyaway B - 29s at the end of September . Since most of the bombers had all of the required modifications except for radar , the first 73rd B ...
... flying hours with three stops . Back in Kansas , the flying echelon began to re- ceive its flyaway B - 29s at the end of September . Since most of the bombers had all of the required modifications except for radar , the first 73rd B ...
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... flying time was the correct figure ; nevertheless he recommended that the XX Bomber Command adopt a tour of duty of 600 flying hours.32 As the average mission was about 15 hours , this translated to a forty - mission tour . But the ...
... flying time was the correct figure ; nevertheless he recommended that the XX Bomber Command adopt a tour of duty of 600 flying hours.32 As the average mission was about 15 hours , this translated to a forty - mission tour . But the ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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