Did you know that building 4,000 strategic bombers costs more than 3 nuclear bombs? Isn't that amazing.
>>65089718Correct, the B-29 program of 1942-1945 is (for me) the most amazing technological achievement of the war beyond V-2, proximity fuze, Me 262/Jumo 004 and the bomb.Sheer amount of industrial and manufacturing organization required nationwide alone is staggering. Brand new-build gigantic factories for production of separate component assemblies of the airplane, people (farmers) in rural areas brought by tens of thousands to work in these manufacturing plants. For just this one airplane, the most complex and advanced aircraft ever mass produced. In time interval of three years. Incredible story
That's quacking crazy jimbo
And 18,000 Liberators cost more than either the B-29s and Manhattan Project.
>>65089781>18,000 LiberatorsCorrect, the B-24 is another amazing World War II airplane that was built for and used in so many different roles besides bomber.
>>65089799>so many different roles besides bomber.Name 17.
>>65089807SARMaritime patrolLong range interceptorReconGuerilla supplyElectronic warfareGunshipTest bedCargo transportTankerAirlinerASW (you could argue this is a subgenre of maritime patrol)Radar navigationSomeone help me out with the last four
>>65089718carpet bombing is far more aesthetically pleasing
>>65089952Psychological warfare
>>65089952>subgenre of maritime patrol(Japan) convoy night bomberVIP transport (Churchill)
>>65089952>>65090051>>65090067(also, forgot) Photo reconnaissance, the USAAF F-7 designation, and postwar some of the Navy's PB4Y-1Ps served until early 1950s
It appears that the B-24 was also successful in assassinating Kennedy.
>>65089952Explosive drone (B-17s also used in Aphrodite)
>>65090077checked, his older brother (see post below you)
>>65090072assembly aircraftweather recceglider tugIs that 20 or 21 now?
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