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apparently shifted many of the prisoners around and closed down some of the concentration centers. Most of the supplies were dropped with the aid of a parachute but certain types of packages were permitted to fall free. The bombardier on each B-29 had quite a problem in determining the exact moment of release.
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system that detected the approaching enemy plane and made all the necessary calculations. The elimination of the turrets and the associated
General Electric computerized gun system increased the top speed of the Superfortress to 364 mph (586 km/h) at 25,000 feet (7,600 m) and made the
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was difficult. In the first place, most of the camps were small and hard to locate. Even more important was the great distance that had to be flown on some of the missions. Accurate information was lacking on several of the camps, especially those located in
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which took place while the surrender terms were being signed on the
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missions over Japan. The problem of dropping supplies to
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17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Very Heavy)
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357:16th Bombardment Training Wing
221:, Nebraska on 15 August 1944.
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1950:United States Army Air Forces
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342:, Very Heavy on 28 March 1944
237:on 7 March 1945 and moved to
617:"315 Air Division Factsheet"
372:, 1 April 1944 (attached to
359:on 31 July 1985 (not active)
350:Inactivated on 15 April 1946
211:Boeing B-29B Superfortresses
802:Department of the Air Force
278:Distinguished Unit Citation
121:Distinguished Unit Citation
41:Boeing B-29 Superfortresses
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207:21st Bombardment Squadrons
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233:The 16th became part of
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1658:Isely Airfield (Saipan)
1294:Officer Training School
788:United States Air Force
417:Northwest Field, Guam,
219:Fairmont Army Air Field
150:United States Air Force
91:United States Air Force
39:16th Bombardment Group
21:16th Bombardment Group
2147:IV Air Support Command
2132:II Air Support Command
1678:West Airfield (Tinian)
1653:Harmon Airfield (Guam)
1337:Awards and decorations
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963:Direct Reporting Units
651:public domain material
340:16th Bombardment Group
243:315th Bombardment Wing
239:Northwest Field (Guam)
191:Dalhart Army Air Field
187:16th Bombardment Group
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111:Pacific Ocean Theater
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209:, and equipped with
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1621:Kalaikunda Airfield
1546:Twentieth Air Force
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829:Vice Chief of Staff
338:Constituted as the
320:battleship Missouri
299:on 15 August 1945.
235:Twentieth Air Force
101:Twentieth Air Force
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2157:XXI Bomber Command
2142:II Fighter Command
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1571:Hsinching Airfield
1406:The U.S. Air Force
1319:Fitness Assessment
1276:Chief of Chaplains
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846:Four-star generals
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686:61060979
571:Maurer,
555:Maurer,
542:Maurer,
522:70605402
484:61060979
406:Stations
270:Kawasaki
262:Shimotsu
258:refinery
127:Insignia
2962:Twelfth
2937:Seventh
2775:Fighter
2012:Twelfth
1987:Seventh
1897:Fighter
1375:History
1106:Twelfth
1081:Seventh
939:Reserve
559:, p. 93
546:, p. 88
333:Lineage
168:History
61:Country
47:in 1945
2942:Eighth
2922:Fourth
2912:Second
2237:Groups
1992:Eighth
1972:Fourth
1962:Second
1774:Groups
1630:Ceylon
1432:Symbol
1342:Badges
1234:cadets
1166:Groups
1086:Eighth
1071:Fourth
1061:Second
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53:Active
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2947:Ninth
2932:Sixth
2927:Fifth
2917:Third
2907:First
2171:Wings
2118:Units
2079:USAAF
2002:Tenth
1997:Ninth
1982:Sixth
1977:Fifth
1967:Third
1957:First
1733:Wings
1700:Units
1599:India
1591:(A-7)
1585:(A-5)
1579:(A-3)
1573:(A-1)
1564:China
1543:USAAF
1225:Rank
1154:Wings
1096:Tenth
1091:Ninth
1076:Fifth
1066:Third
1056:First
1033:PACAF
1023:AFSOC
1008:AFGSC
726:72556
700:(PDF)
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431:Notes
316:Tokyo
289:radar
1427:Flag
1314:SERE
1018:AFRC
1013:AFMC
1003:AETC
722:OCLC
714:LCCN
704:ISBN
682:LCCN
672:ISBN
629:2014
526:OCLC
518:LCCN
508:ISBN
480:LCCN
470:ISBN
247:Moen
205:and
203:17th
199:16th
195:15th
185:The
148:The
2084:in
1548:in
1183:ANG
1171:ANG
1159:ANG
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