Your favorite WWII Aircraft

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by August

I wasn't aware they used B-29's in the ETO.

They where never used in the ETO they likely would have if they had come into service sooner I'm sure.The way it worked out by summer 1944 it was clear that the B-17s and B-24 could do the job just fine in Europe and they needed every single B-29 available to bomb Japan(and parts of China under Japanese control).

The Germans did know some things about the B-29 project and where concerned the Ta-152H was designed specifically to counter it.

@fireftr18 The Catalina also contributed much to ASW operations along the East Coast and all of the UK when flown by Coastal Command.