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Ah the B-36 Peacemaker,

Designed during WWII in the event that Britain was lost and and the US Army Aircorps needed to strike Europe from American soil. The mammoth airplane was quite larger than the B-29 and really shared nothing with the B-52 or B-47. In my opinion it was technically more like a B-29. Pressure bulkheads and the crawl tube to the aft compartment was for the gunners. Trailing edge mounted Pratt and Whitney R-4360, 28 cylinder compound fuel injected engines serviceable in flight through the wing route access delivering 3000 HP. The aircraft had a range of 3-4000 miles IIRC. and could deliver 12-18000 pounds or various ordnance to Germany from the US. also noted was the General electric computerized remote gunnery system that operated twin 20 mm cannons on servo controlled turrets.

The aircraft remained in service until 1955ish until replaced by the B-47

Bob

Check the net, my info should be pretty close off the cuff....