NEW SUPER-BOMBER
DELIVERED TO U.S. ARMY Reed. 10 p.m. Washington, Oct. 14. A new American super-bomber, hauling more explosives and with a vastly greater range than any existing warplane, is now in actual production and an unspecified number have been delivered to the Army in the last few weeks. The new Dreadnought of the sky dwarfs both the Liberator and the Flying Fortress, It is reckoned capable of bringing Hitler’s innermost production centres and the Japanese Empire within the sights of United States bombardiers. The Army weekly magazine Yank says the new super-Fortress, the 829, will have a greater bomb capacity and a longer range than any existing bomber. Officials do not expect to see the new’ plane in combat before 1944, because of the time required to attain full-scale production and train crews.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 245, 16 October 1943, Page 5
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