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ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF ONE OF THE LAST BOMBING RUNS OVER JAPAN
This is a great piece of history. It is an awesome
documentary from the Japan War.
To think of 600 B-29s all taking off to bomb Japan at one
time is beyond imagination. We hear so much about the
Atom Bomb raids on Japanese cities by B-29s. We forget that these raids took
place before that. .
This is video from color film archives so is of rather
poor quality....especially at full screen. The narration
is clear.
Please notice it is the Army Air Force (Corps).
This is spectacular live footage of the 3,000 round trip
mile air assault upon the Japanese mainland, with 3 bomber
wings and a host of P-51's.
No matter what war footage you ever saw before, this is the
real deal and will keep your undivided attention. The P-51
& B29 footage is remarkable. The strafing runs by the
P-51 pilots were incredible .
There are several "breaks" as the film canisters
are changed, just wait for the count down
This is a great piece of history. It is an awesome
documentary from the Japan War.
To think of 600 B-29s all taking off to bomb Japan at one
time is beyond imagination. We hear so much about the
Atom Bomb raids on Japanese cities by B-29s. We forget that these raids took
place before that. .
This is video from color film archives so is of rather
poor quality....especially at full screen. The narration
is clear.
Please notice it is the Army Air Force (Corps).
This is spectacular live footage of the 3,000 round trip
mile air assault upon the Japanese mainland, with 3 bomber
wings and a host of P-51's.
No matter what war footage you ever saw before, this is the
real deal and will keep your undivided attention. The P-51
& B29 footage is remarkable. The strafing runs by the
P-51 pilots were incredible .
There are several "breaks" as the film canisters
are changed, just wait for the count down
The Last Bomb : United States. Army Air Forces : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet...
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WWII World War Two
American History
World History
Japan
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Great history share. Having taken off from Guam on bombing missions i can definitely understand, although we never had that many aircraft in one raid.
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The Troubles with Bombing during World War 2
Getting bombed or doing the bombing was pretty much standard during World War 2. But contrary to popular believe, it wasn't all that straightforward. Here we...
Thank you my friend Lt Col Charlie Brown for posting a historical example of how ineffective bombs were in the mid-20th century.
As a military historian, I had to chuckle at the strange statement "To think of 600 B-29s all taking off to bomb Japan at one time is beyond imagination."
Basic USA aircraft statistics for WWII
• 276,000 aircraft manufactured in the US .
• 43,000 planes lost overseas, including 23,000 in combat.
• 14,000 lost in the continental U.S.
1. Strategic bombing was generally inefficient and not accurate which is why high-altitude carpet-bombing was generally employed because of anti-aircraft capabilities -missiles through fighter/pursuit aircraft tended to be more accurate in eliminating bombers than the bombers were in destroying targets [without a lot of collateral damage].
2. In WWII collateral damage - killing of civilians - was a fact of life since total warfare was being employed on all sides.
3. Strategic bombing by USA in daylight over Europe, by UK and Commonwealth in darkness was generally terror bombing in that instead of pinpoint bombing [currently available] area bombing was employed to blanket an area - Germany tended to put facilities worthy of being bombed in areas in close proximity to civilians [in contrast with their extermination camps.]
The Troubles with Bombing during World War 2
Getting bombed or doing the bombing was pretty much standard during World War 2. But contrary to popular believe, it wasn't all that straightforward. Here we take a look at some of the problems that plagued a bombardier before his final drop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-m7aS5EDfE
FYI LTC (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter TSgt Joe C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan LTC Greg Henning LTC (Join to see) SGT James Murphy SSG Franklin Briant SFC Chuck Martinez CSM Charles Hayden SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt David A Asbury
As a military historian, I had to chuckle at the strange statement "To think of 600 B-29s all taking off to bomb Japan at one time is beyond imagination."
Basic USA aircraft statistics for WWII
• 276,000 aircraft manufactured in the US .
• 43,000 planes lost overseas, including 23,000 in combat.
• 14,000 lost in the continental U.S.
1. Strategic bombing was generally inefficient and not accurate which is why high-altitude carpet-bombing was generally employed because of anti-aircraft capabilities -missiles through fighter/pursuit aircraft tended to be more accurate in eliminating bombers than the bombers were in destroying targets [without a lot of collateral damage].
2. In WWII collateral damage - killing of civilians - was a fact of life since total warfare was being employed on all sides.
3. Strategic bombing by USA in daylight over Europe, by UK and Commonwealth in darkness was generally terror bombing in that instead of pinpoint bombing [currently available] area bombing was employed to blanket an area - Germany tended to put facilities worthy of being bombed in areas in close proximity to civilians [in contrast with their extermination camps.]
The Troubles with Bombing during World War 2
Getting bombed or doing the bombing was pretty much standard during World War 2. But contrary to popular believe, it wasn't all that straightforward. Here we take a look at some of the problems that plagued a bombardier before his final drop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-m7aS5EDfE
FYI LTC (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter TSgt Joe C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan LTC Greg Henning LTC (Join to see) SGT James Murphy SSG Franklin Briant SFC Chuck Martinez CSM Charles Hayden SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt David A Asbury
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