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1. Anonymous says:
   3 May 2009 04:50:13 PM
   
   can u please post some more info i need it for a school project
2. Bill says:
   29 Apr 2011 09:19:07 PM
   
   MAKE IT RAIN: WITH A VENGEANCE
   
   The Boeing B-29 Superfortress brought the air
   war to Japan. Raids against targets in the
   Empire accounted for 50 times the destruction
   that was caused by the dropping of the two
   atomic bombs, Japan's entire infrastructure
   was in ruins, even the basic necessities were
   difficult to obtain.
   
   In less than two years, Boeing, Martin and Bell delivered 3,600 B-29s to the USAAF.
   If the United States had invaded Japan in late 1945, its airpower strenght would have
   been over 15,000 bombers and fighters with
   an added 2,000 B-29s backed up with over 6,000 Navy combat planes and a supply train 10,000 miles long, to bring more aircraft, more troops, more ships and supplies to the Pacific.
3. Bill says:
   30 Apr 2011 09:02:12 PM
   
   DOWN AND DIRTY:
   
   Looks like B-29s are dropping the M-69 type incendiary bombs, and 1000 or 500lb bombs.
   The B-29 could carry 1400 of the M-69, and a mix of 1000 and 500lb bombs.
   
   TARGETS FOR TONIGHT:
   
   Major Japanese cities and industrial targets were burned during such raids cities such as
   Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe were targets for such raids, the USAAF, dropped over 9500 tons of incendiaries alone 7,750,000 were made homeless and 3,500,000 evacuated to other areas.
   
   During night raids P-61 Black Widows gave night protection for the B-29s, during the
   day light raids P-51 and P-47s flew cover
   Japanese fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft were limited against such raids that were being carried out.
   
   Japanese pilots out of ammunition would make
   suicidal ramming attacks against the B-29s
   both the Japanese Army and Navy fought at night and day against the bombers.
   Every type of single and twin-engine aircraft
   were used to combat the raids they were armed with 20mm, 30mm, 37mm and 40mm cannons
   heavy caliber machine guns, even twin-engine bombers were modified into heavy fighters.
4. Bill says:
   3 May 2011 07:00:12 PM
   
   The B-29 was armed with 8x50caliber machine
   guns, located in four remote-controlled
   turrets plus 2x50caliber machine guns and 1x20mm cannon in the tail.
   The turrets were controlled by gunner's from
   remote stations located in blisters on top the fuselage and side blister positions.
   
   EARLY COMPUTERS:
   
   On board computer took the guess-work out of
   point and aim, the computer figured out the range, bullet drop, gunner's deflection,
   target deflection and windage.
   Targets beyond 600 yards are automatically corrected for lead, it was primitive by today's standards, but it was one of the first airborne systems and it was big
   6 feet by 3 feet, by 3 feet and heavy, but
   it was an amazing feat for that era.
   
   By the end of WWII 20,700 computers had been
   produced. The technology of wartime production produced and advanced weapons development, and created new inventions that had widespread consumer and industrial use in
   the post war period.
   
   Did you know:
   The Japanese had to make 500 fighter attacks
   to bring down one B-29. General Electric was
   producing by 1943/44 2400 turrets per-month
   for the B-29, at wars end the US Government
   cancelled 5,000 B-29s on order each B-29 cost
   $639,000 1940s dollars, in todays dollars it
   would cost $8,620,000/8.62 million.
5. ethan says:
   23 Feb 2012 12:52:58 PM
   
   coo;

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