I share with you a collection of photos, some of them extremely rare, showing Allied bombers captured by Germans, Italians and Japanese. One question, does anyone know if during the Second World War a B-29 bomber was captured and tested? To see the photos, visit the link below:
http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/bombardeiros-aliados-capturados.html
Best Regards.
By: snafu - 18th October 2015 at 18:38
So strictly speaking captured in the sense of two sides at war with each other…
By: Duggy - 18th October 2015 at 17:22
No, to the original question about captured B29s.
Missed that, anyway yes some were captured but not by the Japanese.
” The U.S. twice refused to supply the Soviet Union with B-29s under Lend Lease. However, on four occasions during 1944, individual B-29s made emergency landings in Soviet territory and one crashed after the crew bailed out. In accordance with the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, the Soviets were neutral in the Pacific War and the bombers were therefore interned and kept by the Soviets. Despite Soviet neutrality, America demanded the return of the bombers, but the Soviets refused. Three repairable B-29s were flown to Moscow and delivered to the Tupolev OKB. One B-29 was dismantled, the second was used for flight tests and training, and the third one was left as a standard for cross-reference. The aircraft included 1 Boeing-Wichita −5-BW, 2 Boeing-Wichita −15-BWs and the wreckage of 1 Boeing-Renton −1-BN – three different models from two different production lines. Only one of the 4 had de-icing boots as used on the Tu-4. With the Soviet declaration of war against Japan in accordance with the Yalta agreement to enter the war within 90 days of VE day (to allow it time to move its forces from Europe to Asia) at about 11pm on August 8, 1945—two days after the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the subsequent entente with Japan ending, the fourth B-29 was returned to the US along with its crew.”
By: snafu - 18th October 2015 at 17:14
No, to the original question about captured B29s.
By: Duggy - 18th October 2015 at 16:35
If you are all refering to the Japanese B-17’s.
LINK – http://www.j-aircraft.com/captured/capturedby/b-17/captured_b17.htm
If you search the web there are better photo’s.
Regards Duggy
By: snafu - 18th October 2015 at 16:24
But others who look at the thread might be interested in an answer…
By: J Boyle - 18th October 2015 at 15:52
You’re correct. Damaged ac would head out to sea where their crews could be rescued. Besides, not many open fields in Japan were large enough for a B-29 to land undamaged.
Don’t bother answering the question, the OP doesn’t seem to check (or at least acknowledge) his old threads.
By: snafu - 18th October 2015 at 14:41
I believe all the Japanese got was wreckage.
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