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The Cheap Bomber That Almost Doomed the U.S. Air Force in WWII
In the late 1930s, U.S. leaders faced a choice: fund the cutting-edge B-17 Flying Fortress or settle for a cheaper design.
The B-17 bomber, also known as the Flying Fortress, helped change the course of World War II. Manufactured by Boeing, over 12,000 were made for combat. It was dubbed a flying fortress due to its ...
In August of 1945, B-29s dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending WWII in the Pacific theatre.
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From Ford to Boeing: The Companies That Armed the Allies in WW2
In the wake of World War 2, the United States emerged as an industrial powerhouse after supplying its own military and its ...
For 80 years after the bombing of Hiroshima, the airfields of Tinian Island, from where the bombers took off, were mostly ...
The Doolittle Raid was a surprise attack that significantly influenced the course of WWII. On April 18, 1942, 16 US bombers, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, launched from the USS Hornet and ...
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