WW2 Trivia
-
The bomb on Hiroshima was dropped by the Enola Gay.
What was special about that series of B29's? And if they had not existed, how would the bomb be delivered?
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
-
The bomb on Hiroshima was dropped by the Enola Gay.
What was special about that series of B29's? And if they had not existed, how would the bomb be delivered?
@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:
The bomb on Hiroshima was dropped by the Enola Gay.
What was special about that series of B29's? And if they had not existed, how would the bomb be delivered?
That's tough, I can only guess.
Stick shift, geared down. OK, not.I'll still be wrong, but what the heck, maybe I'll get lucky for once:
Larger fuel capacity.
More horsepower to outrun the explosion.
Special purpose bombay doors.
Different weight distribution.
Aircraft made especially lightweight.
Pressurized cabin.
Most modernized and sophisticated bombsights.
Different, variable-pitch props.
Larger wing flaps.As to what else could deliver the bomb?
Blimp. -
The bomb on Hiroshima was dropped by the Enola Gay.
What was special about that series of B29's? And if they had not existed, how would the bomb be delivered?
@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:
What was special about that series of B29's?
They were modified to drop nukes: armor was discarded in favor of doors and release systems specific to those nuclear payloads. Probably tons of other stuff as well, but that's what I
read this week, ironically, as part of my part-time workremember.As for a B-29 alternative, Lancasters?
-
@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:
What was special about that series of B29's?
They were modified to drop nukes: armor was discarded in favor of doors and release systems specific to those nuclear payloads. Probably tons of other stuff as well, but that's what I
read this week, ironically, as part of my part-time workremember.As for a B-29 alternative, Lancasters?
@Aqua-Letifer said in WW2 Trivia:
@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:
What was special about that series of B29's?
They were modified to drop nukes: armor was discarded in favor of doors and release systems specific to those nuclear payloads. Probably tons of other stuff as well, but that's what I
read this week, ironically, as part of my part-time workremember.As for a B-29 alternative, Lancasters?
Yep.
BTW, what had to be done to the Lancasters?
-
@Aqua-Letifer said in WW2 Trivia:
@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:
What was special about that series of B29's?
They were modified to drop nukes: armor was discarded in favor of doors and release systems specific to those nuclear payloads. Probably tons of other stuff as well, but that's what I
read this week, ironically, as part of my part-time workremember.As for a B-29 alternative, Lancasters?
Yep.
BTW, what had to be done to the Lancasters?
@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:
@Aqua-Letifer said in WW2 Trivia:
@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:
What was special about that series of B29's?
They were modified to drop nukes: armor was discarded in favor of doors and release systems specific to those nuclear payloads. Probably tons of other stuff as well, but that's what I
read this week, ironically, as part of my part-time workremember.As for a B-29 alternative, Lancasters?
Yep.
BTW, what had to be done to the Lancasters?
No idea; care to clue me in?
-
The British invented in-flight refueling...
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
-
@Jolly said in WW2 Trivia:
The British invented in-flight refueling...
Specifically for the project, or did they figure it out ahead of time?
-
