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500-pound US WW2 bomb explodes at Japanese airport 80 years later
A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by the United States on Japan exploded at a Japanese airport after nearly 80 years. One bomb out of the 179,967 tons of bombs dropped on Japan during ...
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History: The Impact Of US B-17 Flying Fortresses In The WWII European Air War
For a superbly detailed account of the B-17's history, read the book Flying Forts: The B-17 in World War II by the late ... (RAF): it wielded the "Grand Slam" bomb, which in several engagements ...