Might of the US: History of American Bombers



During World War II, the U.S. bomber aviation was a force to be reckoned with, and its massive contribution to the eventual defeat of the Axis powers is absolutely indisputable. The mighty American industry built tens of thousands of bombers of all types, from single-engine carrier-based dive bombers to strategic B-17s and B-24s. Not to mention the legendary B-29 and B-32: true marvels of engineering.

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48 thoughts on “Might of the US: History of American Bombers”

  1. okay yeah but when are you making bombers actual flying tanks all it takes it 4 rounds of 20mm to snap a bomber wing that dont make sense bombers used to be realistic they used to eat rounds and fly with half the engines destroyed now they just blow up like a soviet tank with an autoloader

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  2. Good stuff, Gaijin. 🫡

    There are so many US bombers and strike aircraft I've been hoping will eventually be added to War Thunder. Like the B-58 Hustler, B-36 Peacemaker, B-47 Stratojet, P4M Mercator, B-50 Superfortress, B-45 Tornado, AJ Savage, A-3 Skywarrior, B-66 Destroyer, B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer, A-5 Vigilante, S-3 Viking, A-37 Dragonfly, or OV-10 Bronco.

    There are a bunch of specific variants for some planes we already have in-game I'd sure love to see added, too. Like the SBD-5/6 Dauntless, B-26F/G Marauder, F-84E Thunderjet, F-105B/D T-Stick II/G Thunderchief, F-111F Aardvark, A-6A/C/E SWIP Intruder, AV-8B/B+ Harrier II, or A-10C Thunderbolt II.

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  3. Error spotted: B-29 was used in Europe, but only for 1 mission. Another error is the lack of B-36, 47 and 52. There's also the upgraded version of the B-29 known as the B-50. Gaijin, as the only B-36 fan there is, please fix.

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  4. B52, B36, AC130 gunship… Time to up the bomber game guys, you need to do something about it. 2 reasons why bombers are a pain to play: most of the time you fly alone, bombers' strength comes from numbers, so maybe have give AI companions and don't tell which are real players to the enemy. Second, AI gunners are so inaccurate and useless, but sometimes you have to pilot the plane and you can't shoot, then you die or you don't have the ability to shoot at twp different aircraft. For that, either implement a co-op mechanic in which 2-3 players team up in one plane, or buff the AI gunners. At least increase their engaging distance to at least 500 meters.

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  5. Funny that Gaijin made a video about bombers when y'all are the ones who nerfed them into the ground to satisfy the dogfighters and more over destroyed their ability to actually have a purpose in life when you guys took away Enduring Confrontation, which if I may say is 💯 better than the current "Team Death match" BS we have today

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  6. Stupid Gaijin's team knows how best to balance the game!
    GAIJIN TEAM AND BALANCE GAME:
    Tanks with thermal optics 2nd and 3rd generation against tanks without thermal optics… BRAVO GAIJIN STUPID TEAM! You really have great talents for modeling the game 👏👏👏👏

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  7. We need a bomber game mode! Called "flight intercept"
    It could introduce a machanic that could allow the player key bind "match speed" allowing bombers to create smooth formations.

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  8. 4:42 And yet somehow there's still only a single model of B-24 Liberator in War Thunder (plus the PB4Y-2 Privateer). At a minimum, we should get the B-24J (the most-produced Liberator) and B-24M (the final production model Liberator) with their nose turrets. And probably the single-tailed XB-24N prototype, the ultimate Liberator.

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  9. Idea…..limit bomber players per game and… if I play as one b17 (just for example) I command a small formation of them and can switch between bombers like switching between squad members in enlisted. Either that or include an ai formation – because a single bomber in war thunder is pointless and just a free kill for the majority of players.

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  10. Fun Fact the first ever doolittle raid was conducted by the Republic of China Air Force againts Japan using American B10 Bombers. the misssion first was to dropped bomb but later it was changed to dropping leaflets.

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  11. My grate grandfather was a b24 Bombardier/ nose gunner he was part of the 36th bomb squadron which is misleading because it was the first radar jamming unit in us aviation history

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  12. A little bit of not-so-fun fact: B-29 Super Fortress was such a state-of-the-art and significantly better than B-17, Lancaster and Pe-8 combined, it was so sought out by Stalin that Joseph Stalin demanded an interned B-29 to be reverse-engineered by Tupolev, which was proven to be too difficult, because Soviet industrial standards were different to the US. So the Tu-4 was heavier than the original, but a useful stop-gap before jet bombers arrived and something to wave in the front of the Americans. The Tu-4 was flown in a postwar Tushino Air Display in Russia, and at first, the American observers thought these aeroplanes were the captured B-29’s from China, but they realised quickly these were Russian derivatives.

    The Russians made a number of developments of the B-29, mostly larger and larger bombers or transport planes, but the design was also the basis for the Tu16, which doesn’t actually look much like the B-29, but was a successful aeroplane nonetheless.

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