From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 5 10:47:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF79537B401 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:47:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4838143E3B for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:47:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([12.242.158.67]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20021105184358.CSEO12815.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@localhost.localdomain> for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 18:43:58 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gA5IieUY090347 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:44:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id gA54qHW7080112; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 20:52:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jojo set sender to swear@attbi.com using -f To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -current marcketting name? References: <3DC6DB51.C0C18AEF@mindspring.com> <20021104211115.GA40027@tara.freenix.org> From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: 04 Nov 2002 20:52:17 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20021104211115.GA40027@tara.freenix.org> Message-ID: <88y988pqim.988@localhost.localdomain> Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ollivier Robert writes: > Even B-29 were not that much used during WWII, most of the big US bombers > were B-17 (Flying Fortress). The citizens of Tokyo who looked up to see more than 1000 B-29s over their city at once would probably think they WERE used "that" much. From Oct'44 onward, the horrors dropped on the cities of Japan by B-29s in the form of high explosives and incendiary bombs (eg, white phosphorus and Napalm) make some people consider the A-bombs humane by comparison. That part of history is too often hidden by the shadows of mushroom clouds. The B-29s were used over other Pacific islands too. Most of the big (AKA "heavy") bombers were B-24s (Liberators): B-17 12700 B-24 19200 B-29 4000 (some after WWII) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message