Why werent B-29's used in Europe??

Did germans had bombers with four engines? Because i cant quite recall..

 

You can't recall because there weren't any Converted civilian airliners working as sea patrol planes, such as the Fw 200 Condor and the Ju 290.





Not quite the same as a B-17 or a Lancaster or whatever, are they?

 

Converted civilian liners working as sea patrol planes, such as the Fw 200 Condor and the Ju 290.
But it was not used for bombardment?
Thats a nice pic i found of Ju290:

 

and the greif of course

 

and the greif of course



Which was a safer plane when it used 4 engines instead of 2x2 coupled engines which used to overheat and cause a fire.

Regards
Tom

 

Was a bit silly really. aerodynamicists getting carried away. Junkersreally losing it by this point, at odds with threir normally solid and sensible designs.

Kev

EDIT: What am I talking about, I need a holiday........ Nurse the screens!!

 

But it was not used for bombardment?

No. Maritime patrol and long range transport.

The He177 mentioned above had 4 engines coupled to 2 propellers, but had this great propensity to set fire to itself. And it was stressed to be a dive bomber too. Crazy!

 

Well then.. i think germans made a mistake using only light and medium bombers. Just to think what mess they could have done to London..

 

Saw this article about a B-29 named Hobo Queen

 

What year is this? 1945?

 

Hi Jeff,

I believe it was in the fall of 1944. Designed to give 'Jerry' something to think about.

Dave

 

My father was a pilot with the 2nd Ferrying Group based in New Castle Delaware. I think he was stationed at Bovingdon base near London when he was in the UK. I'm just starting to learn about what he did during the war, and would greatly appreciate any ideas, resources, information etc. about the US ferrying of bombers including the B-29.

Barbara

 

Hi Barbara,

I stumbled across that article while I was looking for pictures of RAF Washingtons, which is what the RAF called the B-29. I don't have too much information on them except that one link I saw said that the B-29s were loaned to the RAF from the USAF and were returned to the US in the early 50s when the V bombers came into service. (and they were green camo )

Dave

 

According to the link attached, the ac was en route China.

YB-29 Hobo Queen in England

Roxy

 

Spotter article 18th Oct 1945.

Various B29s in England 1944, visiting various airfields, but not for combat

B-29 Superfortresses used over Europe in WW2 - Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums

 

The B29 was never intended for operational use against European targets.

The reason why B29s were seen in England was for the planting of false intelligence for consumption by the Japanese.The Japanese were aware of large runways being built around Calcutta and Chengtu in China which were intended to be put into use by B29 Groups.Further, the availability of Pacific island bases could only be utilised with the future planned successful Pacific island hopping campaign.But along with this background,deliberate intelligence leakage by the US sold a sorry story that performance trials suggested that the B 29 had not delivered its specification and the aircraft would be relegated to a armed transport aircraft for use over the hump from India to China.

This then comes to the other reason why the aircraft was seen in England.At a late hour in the acceptance trials progress,it was realised that extensive test flights over water should be conducted and this fitted into the false intelligence that the US wished to convey to the Japanese.

The B29 was never involved in air operations over Europe.I would think that the first B29s to be armed in Europe were those of the USAF who rotated into RAF bases from 1948 as the Cold War hardened after the Berlin blockade.The RAF took recommissioned B29s as a stopgap in the late 1940s/early 1950s.

Once posted to Marham with a future on a RAF B 29 Squadron (Washingtons) but a friend of mine on the same radar course, who lived close to Marham asked me to swop postings.I went to Hemswell instead.