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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Here is a BUFF fact that many of you didn't know; The Buff is even credited with three air to air kills during the Viet Nam war, thanks to the B-52D tail gunners who took down three MiG-21 Fishbeds when their aircraft came under attack. |
B29 Fun Fact: I read somewhere recently that the B29 actually recorded more overall kills than the P51 during WWII.
"The B-29 had five “sighting stations” that were equipped with what was an analog computer. The computer compensated for airspeed, gravity, temperature, humidity and calculated the amount of “lead” required for the bullets to hit the target. All the gunner had to do was track it long enough for the computer to do its thing. Each gunner had the ability to bring one or more of the bomber’s turrets to bear on the target."