Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... plant for the manufacture of the R - 3350 at Woolridge , New Jersey . It was expected to produce 850 engines a month , with the first engine scheduled to roll off the line in May 1943. The Chrysler Corporation was also licensed to build ...
... plant for the manufacture of the R - 3350 at Woolridge , New Jersey . It was expected to produce 850 engines a month , with the first engine scheduled to roll off the line in May 1943. The Chrysler Corporation was also licensed to build ...
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... plant employed just over 13,000 workers . The Omaha plant was also a modification center , its most notable project being the SILVERPLATE B - 29s that were to drop the atomic bombs.67 Boeing produced B - 29s in three facilities . Before ...
... plant employed just over 13,000 workers . The Omaha plant was also a modification center , its most notable project being the SILVERPLATE B - 29s that were to drop the atomic bombs.67 Boeing produced B - 29s in three facilities . Before ...
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... plant at Akashi , Japan's third largest aircraft company , located 12 miles west of Kobe . The 73rd got eighty ... plant and 16 percent structural damage to the airframe plant . According to other assess- ments , 45 percent of the bombs ...
... plant at Akashi , Japan's third largest aircraft company , located 12 miles west of Kobe . The 73rd got eighty ... plant and 16 percent structural damage to the airframe plant . According to other assess- ments , 45 percent of the bombs ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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