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Boeing B-29 Superfortress
>Benjamin Boeing<
Strategic heavy bomber
(Likes ice cream)
One of the largest aircraft to see action during the second World War, and very advanced for its time.
The Enola Gay and Bockscar were both B-29s.
-> Pic related, this is me and my bros <-
The B-29 was capable of flight up to 40,000 feet (12,000 m), at speeds of up to 350 mph (563 km/h). Japanese fighters could barely get that high, and few could catch the B-29, even if they were at altitude and waiting. Only the heaviest of anti-aircraft weapons could reach it, and since the Axis forces did not have proximity fuzes, hitting or damaging the airplane from the ground in combat was next to impossible.
Translation: come at me, bro.
>Benjamin Boeing<
Strategic heavy bomber
(Likes ice cream)
One of the largest aircraft to see action during the second World War, and very advanced for its time.
The Enola Gay and Bockscar were both B-29s.
-> Pic related, this is me and my bros <-
The B-29 was capable of flight up to 40,000 feet (12,000 m), at speeds of up to 350 mph (563 km/h). Japanese fighters could barely get that high, and few could catch the B-29, even if they were at altitude and waiting. Only the heaviest of anti-aircraft weapons could reach it, and since the Axis forces did not have proximity fuzes, hitting or damaging the airplane from the ground in combat was next to impossible.
Translation: come at me, bro.