THE PACIFIC WAR ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA SUPERFORTRESS HEAVY BOMBER MEDIUM DOMINATOR GRADUATE USAF BOEING CREW DIMENSIONS WING AREA SQUARE FEET SQUARE METERS WEIGHTS MAXIMUM SPEED AT 50 CRUISING SPEED LANDING SPEED CLIMB RATE 43 MINUTES SERVICE CEILING POWER PLANT HP WRIGHT DUPLEX CYCLONE RADIAL ENGINES TURBOCHARGERS DRIVING PROPELLERS ARMAMENT DORSAL VENTRAL MACHINE GUN TAIL TURRET 20MM CANNON TWIN MACHINE GUNS BOMB MILE RADIUS HIGH ALTITUDE MAXIMUM SHORT LOW ALTITUDE CARRY GRAND SLAM BOMBS EXTERNALLY SILVERPLATE VERSION NUCLEAR AUXILIARY FUEL TANK RANGE MILES FUEL GALLONS INSTALLATION EXTRA TANKS THE WING OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS THE BOMB BAYS SENSORS AIRBORNE RADAR PRODUCTION BOEING AIRPLANE COMPANY SEATTLE WASHINGTON PHOTORECONNAISSANCE SAW EARLY NOVEMBER VARIANT ARMOR GUNS SAVE ENOUGH REVERSIBLE REDUCE AIRCRAFT MULTIPLE RADAR PRECISION EAGLE BOMBING RADOME FUSELAGE REDUCED THE ULTIMATE STRATEGIC BOMBER WORLD WAR SERVICE THE PACIFIC BOMBER NUCLEAR BOMBS HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI ENDING SOPHISTICATED FULLY PRESSURIZED GUN TURRETS COMPUTING EXTREME MEASURES TAKEN ENSURE DESIGN KEEP INTERVALOMETER THROWING OFF BALANCE THE GUN MINIMUM REAR GUNNER DISTANCE THE TURRETS ISOLATE THE GUNNERS THE NOISE VIBRATION ENTIRE KILOWATTS POWER KIND WIRING SUPERB MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL RESISTANCE PROPERTIES EXTREME BEGINNINGS PROGRAM BOARD HAP ARNOLD INITIATED 10 NOVEMBER AIR CORPS PUBLISHED FORMAL SPECIFICATION THE NEXT ADVANCED REPLACE COMPANY IMMEDIATELY REVISING MEET AWARDED CONTRACT IN SEPTEMBER PROTOTYPE 21 SEPTEMBER HUGE THE PROGRAM COST BILLION VERSUS THE MANHATTAN PROJECT DEVELOPED DETERMINED TO DO WHATEVER NECESSARY LAURIS NORSTAD DAMN DETAIL CUT IN DEVELOPMENT ORDERING SAME TIME THE ASSEMBLY LINE DESIGN FLAWS BUGS ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE SMITHSONIAN WORST ENGINE FIRES MAGNESIUM ALLOY COMPONENTS THE FIRE SYSTEM PROVED INADEQUATE PERCENT CRASHED ENGINES CAUGHT KILLING TWENTY PERSONS ON THE GROUND THE THIRD NEARLY CROSSED CONTROL TO COME ONLY 16 THE BATTLE KANSAS WICHITA PLANT REACHED CLIMAX APRIL 1944 XX BOMBER COMMAND KARACHI PERIOD ENGINE FAILURE HOT DESERT JUNE 1944 THE ORIGINAL REACH THE TARGET PILOT AIRPLANE ALWAYS FELT LIKE IT WAS RIVET UP THERE CHALLENGE LEARN MILK FULL RANGE FOR ALL THREAT JAPANESE FIGHTER STUNNED CAUSED UNDERESTIMATE THE RANGE FAIL FIRING ACCURACY STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY REVEALED DAYLIGHT JANUARY 1945 FIGURE LOGISTICAL OPERATIONS REMOTE CHINA THE MARIANAS RAID LAUNCHED NOVEMBER 1944 THE NAVY FIND SHIPPING CONVOY AVERAGE EIGHT MISSIONS CONSUMED GASOLINE TONS JUNE 1945 CARGO SHIPS METRIC UPPER LIMIT FLIGHT OR 240 FLIGHT TO JAPAN TRADE THE CLIMB PRODIGIOUS MODEST CURIOUS ROLE REVERSAL SMALL NUMBER FITTED OUT NAVIGATION MUSTANGS HOMING BEACONS THE MUSTANGS THE RETURN MUST QUESTION WHETHER COST EFFECTIVE HALF TIMES THIRTEEN NINE TWO MILES ADDITION REGULAR RELIEF GROUND CREW GREAT THINGS JUDGED FAILURE ORIGINAL ROLE CONVENTIONAL STRATEGIC BOMBERS NIGHTTIME FIRE DEFENSES AVERAGED EMPLOYMENT AS THE WORLD PROBABLY JUSTIFIED CRITICISM NO OTHER PHOTO GALLERY
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