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Offline colmbo

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Re: B-29 Question.
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2014, 01:40:25 PM »
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Re: B-29 Question.
« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2014, 02:04:02 PM »
Way cool Colombo, I'm very jealous!  :salute
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Offline MiloMorai

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Re: B-29 Question.
« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2014, 04:46:38 PM »
Quote from: skorpx1 on July 04, 2014, 07:11:35 PM
Seeing that the B-29 was an exceptional bomber, and produced in massive amounts, why did it never see service in the European theater? With a 20k ord load you'd think that at least 100 B-29's flying over Berlin would have it leveled and wiped off the map within a week. Was there a reason why it only fought in the Pacific theater or was the 29 planned to be used in Europe?


I'd be googling this but I figured that i'd get more direct and clear answers here.

B-32s were the replacement bomber for Europe
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Offline MiloMorai

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Re: B-29 Question.
« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2014, 05:03:44 PM »
B-29 manual in pdf

http://aafcollection.info/items/documents/view.php?file=000576-01-00.pdf

Make sure to check out the main site > lots of other interesting stuff.
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Re: B-29 Question.
« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2014, 07:01:02 PM »
Quote from: MiloMorai on July 07, 2014, 04:46:38 PM
B-32s were the replacement bomber for Europe

No.  The B-32 program was insurance in case the B-29 program failed, not that it was going to be the replacement bomber for Europe.  The USAAF didn't need a VLR bomber in Europe, it needed them in the Far East.

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Re: B-29 Question.
« Reply #20 on: July 07, 2014, 08:07:09 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on July 07, 2014, 07:01:02 PM
No.  The B-32 program was insurance in case the B-29 program failed, not that it was going to be the replacement bomber for Europe.  The USAAF didn't need a VLR bomber in Europe, it needed them in the Far East.

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Originally, the Army Air Forces intended the B-32 as a "fallback" design to be used only if the B-29 program fell significantly behind in its development schedule. As development of the B-32 became seriously delayed this plan became unnecessary due to the success of the B-29. Initial plans to use the B-32 to supplement the B-29 in re-equipping B-17 and B-24 groups before redeployment of the Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces to the Pacific were stymied when only five production models had been delivered by the end of 1944, by which time full B-29 operations were underway in the Twentieth Air Force.
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