Subject: #1 Jet of World War II
From: Guy Alcala
Date: 7/23/03 4:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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Hence early jettisoning of bombs to reach bombing height, or climbing
after bombing. This is the sort o


You mean they had to dump their bombs to get to bombing altitude?? Once they
had no bombs what is the point of getting to bombing altitude???

After shedding the 5-7 tons that it was
delivering over the target, it would certainly have been able to
return at a much higher altitude than it went in.

Only if they had enough fuel left to burn up in a climb. We rarely did.


Arthur Kramer
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