Early Access: B-29 Superfortress vs Japanese Fighter Tactics
Early Access: Towards the end of the Second World War, the United States mounted numerous B-29 air raids against Japan. Having found various files in the archives about Japanese fighter tactics and countermeasures, let's discuss how Japanese pilots tried to tackle the tremendous B-29.
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There is a youtube video out there that mentions B-29's shot down more enemy planes that their escort fighters shot down. In great desperation, Japan did well against B-29. Pilot skill, availability of planes, etc.
3:34 Simply gorgeous! Another great deep-dive (no pun intended!) into a topic about which I previously knew nothing Thank you!!
Always interesting when you tackle a topic I haven’t read much about 👍