Initial planning called for 20 aircraft to fly the mission, and 24 of the group's B-25B Mitchell bombers were diverted to the Mid-Continent Airlines modification center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With support provided by two senior airline managers, Wold-Chamberlain Field's maintenance hangar was the first modification center to become operational. One of the display highlights was to be a demonstration of the awesome power of stick bombing from Liberators. Formations of B-24s were to drop sticks of 500-pound bombs in a show of carpet-bombing. During a rehearsal with live bombs the delivery was perfect. Most of the bombs fell in a straight line. After the arrival of the B-36 bomber, B-29 bombers were slowly relieved of front line heavy bomber duties. They were removed from duty in the 1960s. During the active production period of the B-29 design, 3,970 were built. ww2dbase Source: Wikipedia. Last Major Revision: Apr 2007. B-29 Superfortress Timeline The B-52H entered service in 1961 and 104 of them were built. The last was delivered in October 1962. The USAF retired 18 B-52H aircraft leaving 76 bombers in service stationed at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana and Minot AFB in North Dakota. By the autumn of 1943, the U.S. bomber offensive against Nazi Germany was in trouble. American commanders expected massed formations of B-17 and B-24 bombers, each plane bristling with ten machine

From January 1, 1940, to August 14, 1945, the United States produced 300,317 military aircraft. Beginning in early 1942, factories ran 24 hours a day, six to seven days a week. By the end of 1943 the industry labour force had swelled to a high of 2.1 million workers, including tens of thousands of women.

BTW 3943 B-29s were built, 562 were lost, including 35 in Korea and these were all causes, combat and "other". If I do my math correctly that shows about a 14% attrition rate (about 10% combat) - not bad for an aircraft that served in 2 wars, fought jets, was the first sword of the Strategic Air Command (which meant being ready to fly 24-7 and Tom Nardi. September 24, 2019. The Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” is arguably the most recognizable aircraft of the Second World War. Made infamous by the daring daylight strategic bombing runs America’s “Arsenal of Democracy” cranked out 18,482 B-24 bombers, compared to 12,732 B-17 Flying Fortresses. The B-24 was also faster than the B-17 and could carry 2,000 pounds’ worth more 1oT0.
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    • how many b 24 bombers were built