i found a B-29 mission

[cooldued]

here it is

1944 - 1944 U.S. B-29s raid Tokyo On this day in 1944, 111 U.S. B-29 Superfortress bombers raid Tokyo for the first time since Capt. Jimmy Doolittle's raid in 1942. Their target: the Nakajima aircraft engine works. Fall 1944 saw the sustained strategic bombing of Japan. It began with a reconnaissance flight over Tokyo by Tokyo Rose, a Superfortress B-29 bomber piloted by Capt. Ralph D. Steakley, who grabbed over 700 photographs of the bomb sites in 35 minutes. Next, starting the first week of November, came a string of B-29 raids, dropping hundreds of tons of high explosives on Iwo Jima, in order to keep the Japanese fighters stationed there on the ground and useless for a counteroffensive. Then came Tokyo. The awesome raid, composed of 111 Superfortress four-engine bombers, was led by Gen. Emmett "Rosie" O'Donnell, piloting Dauntless Dotty. Press cameramen on site captured the takeoffs of the first mass raid on the Japanese capital ever for posterity. Unfortunately, even with the use of radar, overcast skies and bad weather proved an insurmountable obstacle at 30,000 feet: Despite the barrage of bombs that were dropped, fewer than 50 hit the main target, the Nakajima Aircraft Works, doing little damage. The upside was that at such a great height, the B-29s were protected from counter-attack; only one was shot down. One Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded as a result of the raid. It went to Captain Steakley.


hahaha saw this on the internet

[fullmetalbullet]

how many bombs actually hit the target? i think the B-29s mission in AH2 would be hitting strategic factories after you push the rooks or knight back far enough for the bombers to range them.




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[Chalenge]

The results of sorties like that last one mentioned are the reason LeMay decided to fly mission at lower altitudes. Guns were also removed and the escorts were relied upon more heavily. The losses climbed but the results improved also.

[Ack-Ack]

here it is

1944 - 1944 U.S. B-29s raid Tokyo On this day in 1944, 111 U.S. B-29 Superfortress bombers raid Tokyo for the first time since Capt. Jimmy Doolittle's raid in 1942. Their target: the Nakajima aircraft engine works. Fall 1944 saw the sustained strategic bombing of Japan. It began with a reconnaissance flight over Tokyo by Tokyo Rose, a Superfortress B-29 bomber piloted by Capt. Ralph D. Steakley, who grabbed over 700 photographs of the bomb sites in 35 minutes. Next, starting the first week of November, came a string of B-29 raids, dropping hundreds of tons of high explosives on Iwo Jima, in order to keep the Japanese fighters stationed there on the ground and useless for a counteroffensive. Then came Tokyo. The awesome raid, composed of 111 Superfortress four-engine bombers, was led by Gen. Emmett "Rosie" O'Donnell, piloting Dauntless Dotty. Press cameramen on site captured the takeoffs of the first mass raid on the Japanese capital ever for posterity. Unfortunately, even with the use of radar, overcast skies and bad weather proved an insurmountable obstacle at 30,000 feet: Despite the barrage of bombs that were dropped, fewer than 50 hit the main target, the Nakajima Aircraft Works, doing little damage. The upside was that at such a great height, the B-29s were protected from counter-attack; only one was shot down. One Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded as a result of the raid. It went to Captain Steakley.


hahaha saw this on the internet

Why is it funny?  Do you know why the bombs missed when dropped from that high altitude and why B-29s eventually moved to low altitude bombings? 

ack-ack

[fullmetalbullet]

becuase of the speed increase of being close to the stratosphear.

[cooldued]

Why is it funny?  Do you know why the bombs missed when dropped from that high altitude and why B-29s eventually moved to low altitude bombings? 

ack-ack

I'm laughing because I'm the first to post a mission for it since it was set to be added to the game, not because the mission was funny.
sorry if i made you think that's what i was laughing at.

[Black Sheep]

*Because people are so thin skinned here  

[mbailey]

   Do you know why the bombs missed when dropped from that high altitude and why B-29s eventually moved to low altitude bombings?  

ack-ack

Ineffectively judging the Jet Stream, (which was discovered by the Japanese in the 1920s ) coupled with untried crews in a new state of the art plane, that was a maintenance nightmare, at the end of the longest and most difficult supply line anywere in the theater? Coupled with pressure from Hap Arnold on Gen Wolfe and then his replacement Gen Hansell to get results with all of the above in the way (which ended for Haywood Hansell the same way as it did for Wolfe, IMHO both scapegoats for lack of results due to the above)

Enter General Lemay ( unarguably the best tactician and commander in the history of aerial bombardment) , who re organized everything from maintenance to tactics, training of crews and the (late)advent of the Eagle radar for dropping eggs .  Also his thoughts that the buffs at low level would not give the Jap ack gunners the ability to train their guns quick enough to be as affective as they would be at higher alts. (lessons learned from his time spent in artillery)

Not sure, just a guess