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We are a newly formed US bomber group formed for IL-2 Forgotten Battles. Created in August of 2003 to provide ground support and base surpresstion for the 310th Virtual Fighter Squadron, the 380th VBG is awaiting the arival of US bombers to FB. Untill then We fly the TB-3 & He-111 in FB. In some online server's we fly the Pe-8 in place of the B-17 when avalible. We are Currently recrutiing Bomber Pilots and Gunneyr personell. The 380th Bombbardment Group consists of the following Squadrons : the 528th /529th /530th & 531st Bomber Squadrons. For membership please fill out an application in the 310th Recruiting Office.
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The Bombardier's Oath
Mindful of the secret trust about to be placed in me by my
Commander in Chief, the President of the United States,
by whose direction I have been chosen for bombardier
training...and mindful of the fact that I am to become
guardian of one of my country's most priceless military assets,
the American bombsight...I do here, in the presence of
Almighty God, swear by the Bombardier's Code of Honor
to keep inviolate the secrecy of any and all confidential
information revealed to me, and further to uphold the honor
and integrity of the Army Air Forces, if need be, with my life itself.
Ordanance information:
U.S. Bomb Types:
The most devastating conventional bomb used by the USAAF was the M-69 incendiary cluster. The first B-29 raids against the Japanese mainland were performed in the fall of 1944, using high-altitude daylight precision bombing with high-explosive bombs. For several reasons, this strategy proved ineffective, and by the spring of 1945 operations switched to low-level incendiary bombing at night.
The M-69 firebomb had been developed earlier in the war and proved ideal for the task of burning Japanese cities to the ground. The M-69 was a simple weapon, shaped like a long tin can and weighing just 2.3 kg (6.2lb). Since dropping quantities of individual bombs from high altitude would be wildly inaccurate - it was designed to be incorporated into an "aimable cluster", a type of cluster bomb that contained 38 of the M-69 firebombs.
Aimable clusters would be released over the target and break apart at about 900m (2,000 ft) altitude, scattering their M-69s. Each M-69 would then eject a long strip of cloth to orient itself and crash nose-first into the buildings below. On impact the payload of napalm would ignite and shoot out of the tail of the bomb in a burning jet. Under ideal conditions, this jet could extend 45m (100 ft).
Name
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Type
|
Bomb Weight
|
HE Weight
|
AN-M30
|
GP
|
100 lb
|
54 lb
|
AN-M57
|
GP
|
250 lb
|
123 lb
|
AN-M64
|
GP
|
500 lb
|
262 lb
|
AN-M65
|
GP
|
1,000 lb
|
530 lb
|
AN-M66
|
GP
|
2,000 lb
|
1,051 lb
|
AN-M56
|
Light Case
|
4,000 lb
|
3,245 lb
|
AN-Mk1
|
Armor-Piercing
|
1,600 lb
|
215 lb
|