Timeline for Did the jet stream really stop the B-29, or was it just bad luck?
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| Sep 5, 2021 at 19:16 | comment | added | Vikki | @RobertDiGiovanni: The jets were only used on the KB-50 tanker version, and only because it couldn't fly fast enough without them to refuel high-speed jet fighters and bombers. The bomber version of the KB-50 never had them. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 21:54 | comment | added | Robert DiGiovanni | Well, on to better times. The B-50 did offer some excellent improvements, exceeding 400 mph with 2 added jets. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 20:50 | comment | added | Phil Crowther | By that time in the war, area bombing using incendiaries was considered a necessary part of the second objective of the bombing strategy - to demoralize the public. [See "The Effects of Strategic Bombing on Japanese Morale" (June 1947), available online] The B-29 was used in other roles, such as strategic bombing of airfields during the Battle of Okinawa to thwart the Kamikaze threat. One of their most successful roles was with the low-level aerial mining missions. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 17:27 | comment | added | Robert DiGiovanni | Sadly, such a beautiful aircraft tasked with such an ignominious role. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 17:06 | comment | added | Phil Crowther | Yes, the incendiary bombs were not streamlined for high altitude. The plan was apparently to drop them at night when it would be safer to bomb from lower altitudes (as the British had done in Europe). The firestorms which occurred at Tokyo, Hamburg and Dresden were not part of the plan. Instead, once again, the weather played the key role in creating them. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 16:08 | history | edited | Robert DiGiovanni | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2021 at 16:02 | history | answered | Robert DiGiovanni | CC BY-SA 4.0 |