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11-02-2009, 12:12 PM
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| Longest bomber raid of war I'm curious what's the longest bomber raid of WW II (longest in distance not in endurance) For french air force i think raid on Berlin in june '40 for italian air force raid on manama in october '40 and for all others? Last edited by Vincenzo; 11-02-2009 at 12:22 PM. |
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11-02-2009, 12:17 PM
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| The 380th BG (5th AF, based near Darwin, Australia) flew three missions against the Balikpapin refineries on the east coast of Borneo in Aug 1943. One way distances were in excess of 1600 miles. It wasnt untill the B29's hit the northern parts of Japan in the waning days of WW2 that these three missions were exceeded.
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11-02-2009, 12:24 PM
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| Saipan to Tokyo |
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11-02-2009, 01:22 PM
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Guam to Mito, 1,603 miles. Darwin to Balikpapin, 1,231 miles. So the B29's out of Guam ended up flying the longest missions of the war.
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11-02-2009, 01:36 PM
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  | In we can consider unmanned aircraft, then I would say the Japanese Fire Balloons at around 5,000 miles.
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11-02-2009, 01:40 PM
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| How far was the Tirpitz raid by 617Sqn from Murmansk via the Tirpitz to the UK |
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11-02-2009, 05:22 PM
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| I always thought the raid by 2 Kawanishi H8K Emily flying boats on Pearl Harbour in 1942 was the longest mission |
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11-02-2009, 05:41 PM
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| 13/14 August - (20th Air Force Mission 328, 315th Bomb Wing Mission 15) In the longest nonstop upstaged B-29 mission from the Marianas (3,650 miles), 132 B-29's of the 315th BW, bomb the Nippon Oil Company at Tsuchizaki.
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11-02-2009, 06:52 PM
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| What's the longest in Europe? England to Stettin ?? Kris
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11-02-2009, 07:21 PM
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| Not 100% sure if this is the longest raid over Europe period, but it is the longest Lancaster raid. East Kirby to Munich over the French Alps, into Italy and then back up into Germany. The plan was to trick the Luftwaffe? The total distance flown was more than 2000 miles and 10 Hours and 25 minutes of flight time. BBC - WW2 People's War - The Longest Lancaster Operation - 10 Hours 25 Minutes
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11-02-2009, 07:50 PM
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11-02-2009, 09:57 PM
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| Even the shuttle missions? Thought they went fairly far.
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11-02-2009, 11:45 PM
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| Our B-24 has at least one mission that was 18 hours. Also the Russia Shuttle Missions were quite long as well. Jim Harley collings foundation |
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11-02-2009, 11:59 PM
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11-03-2009, 12:06 AM
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| I think you'll find it's one from 99 Squadron as the Collings Lib is ex No. 99 Squadron RAF, I believe. 356 Squadron also have Ops 18+ hours, I've got all the Ops records for 99/355/356 Squadrons (and many others) I'll have a poke around if anyone "really" wants to know.
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