Al -- you're right -- brain death.  the 36 was designed for H-bombs.  chris

Al Haury wrote:
> The B-29 Superfortress dropped both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, not the B-36. Remember the Enola Gay - one of them. The B-52 is the Stratofortress. The B-17 is the Flying Fortress. 
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> Al Haury
> Oakland, Maine
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> From: Christian Kessler <>
> Date: 2006/10/14 Sat PM 04:22:52 CDT
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> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] B-17 at Blue Mash
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> as the son of one who managed these aircraft during WWII, I'm afraid the 
> Google search turned up incorrect information.  Kurt's right, the B-17 
> was the Flying Fortress, and the B-52 was the Stratofortress.  the 
> primary heavy long-range bomber in between was the B-36 Peacemaker -- 
> the plane that dropped the atom bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.  chris 
> kessler
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> Marko, Thomas L. GS BUMED wrote:
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>> Per Kurt Schwartz: Sorry to be a stickler, but the B-17 was called "Flying
>> Fortress."  A Stratofortress is the B-52.
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>> A Google search turned up both the terms "Stratofortress" & "Flying
>> Fortress" for the B-17 bomber.  Sort of analogous to a "yellow-rumped" & a
>> "butter-butt," don't you think?
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>> - Tom Marko
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