Thu, Jul 1, 2021
In June of 1943 fifty Allied bombers were dispatched to bomb a Nazi controlled airfield near Brussles Belgium. The lead bombardier used a park in the city to calibrate his sights then accidentally released his bomb load. The disaster turned to victory as the Nazis had commandeered the houses surrounding the park for their soldiers.
Thu, Oct 28, 2021
During World War Two the Allies began to realize that their aircraft losses in their strategic bombing campaign were unsustainable and began looking for ways to make the bombers more resistant to antiaircraft fire. Armed with data where planes were being hit from maintenance records they approached a team at the Columbia University. Abraham Wald prepared an analysis recommending introducing more armor to areas of the plane that did NOT show damage in maintenance records.
Thu, Dec 15, 2022
Beoing's B-29 Superfortress, the most advanced bomber of World War Two, was already in development before the war but still suffered from start up issues in the rush to push it into production. Production was low so it was limited to the Pacific theater where its long range was critical.