Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... Radar training was in even worse shape , since neither radar equipment nor operators had reached the units . To compound difficulties with radar , the men selected for this position were radar maintenance per- sonnel stationed in the ...
... Radar training was in even worse shape , since neither radar equipment nor operators had reached the units . To compound difficulties with radar , the men selected for this position were radar maintenance per- sonnel stationed in the ...
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... radar would serve as a navigational tool . In fact , only about 23 percent of the bombs that the XX Bomber Command dropped on its primary targets were aimed by radar . Hastily added to the B - 29 , radar often failed to perform as ...
... radar would serve as a navigational tool . In fact , only about 23 percent of the bombs that the XX Bomber Command dropped on its primary targets were aimed by radar . Hastily added to the B - 29 , radar often failed to perform as ...
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... radar . The bulk of the wing's op- erators had been trained on " sea search ” radar , which is quite differ- ent from the APQ - 13 . If the 500th Bomb Group is representative , the situation was ghastly . In March 1944 , it received ...
... radar . The bulk of the wing's op- erators had been trained on " sea search ” radar , which is quite differ- ent from the APQ - 13 . If the 500th Bomb Group is representative , the situation was ghastly . In March 1944 , it received ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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