Tokyo Tanks, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Tokyo Tanks
- Self-Sealing Fuel Tanks, B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II, Aileron
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- Herausgeber:
- Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
- Verlag:
- OmniScriptum, 03/2026
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9783639938425
- Artikelnummer:
- 12665737
- Umfang:
- 192 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 304 g
- Maße:
- 220 x 150 mm
- Stärke:
- 12 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 21.3.2026
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tokyo tanks were internally-mounted self-sealing fuel tanks used in the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber during World War II. Although nicknamed "Tokyo" tanks to dramatically illustrate the significant range they added to the B-17 (approximately 40% greater with combat weights), it was also an exaggeration in that no B-17 ever had the range to bomb Japan from any base in World War II. These fuel tanks consisted of eighteen removable rubberized-compound containers, called cells, installed inside the main wings of the airplane, nine to each side. The main wings of the B-17 consisted of an "inboard wing" mounted to the fuselage and mounting the engines and flaps, and an "outboard wing" joined to the inboard wing and carrying only the ailerons.
