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To: alloysteel
“....The reason the bombs were available to be dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, was because they were not ready in time to drop them on Berlin.......”

Actually, that is only partially true. There were no US Bombers, available to drop the extremely heavy and large bombs in the European theater. There was a British bomber that could have if the bombs had been developed sooner.

As it was, the bombing of Japan required two very specially modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers that were modified and tested at the last minute.

111 posted on 08/08/2020 1:09:59 PM PDT by Robert357
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To: Robert357

“...As it was, the bombing of Japan required two very specially modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers that were modified and tested at the last minute. [Robert357, post 111]

An incorrect statement.

Every B-29 assigned to 509CG was modified to carry and drop special weapons. They were modified in the USA, in some cases months earlier.


139 posted on 08/09/2020 3:49:53 AM PDT by schurmann
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