The US started with remote control ventral turrets with the B-17 and a hole in the floor with an MG for the B-24, then moved to crewed ventral turrets on heavy bombers relatively early on. In mid 44 the 8th air force started removing the ventral turrets off their bombers though. If and what...
Why did the Air Force choose to operate the B-29 over the B-50 in Korea? Was it a matter of the number of airframes available or was it because SAC needed the B-50s for the nuclear deterrence role? It's a question that's been bugging me for a while given the fact that on paper at least the B-50...
This new one was just put up by Zeno's Warbirds. I know it's not the 303rd (sorry, Bill), ;) but it's not bad. It covers the group from their Atlantic crossing well into the thick of the fighting.
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-Irish