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Originally Posted by daepp
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." |
On a recon mission Jay Zeamer and his crew on Ole 666 got into an actual dogfight with zeros.
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