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Aircraft Built Country 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Total U. S 2, 141 6, 068 18, 466 46, 907 84, 853 96, 270 45, 852 300, 557 Germany 8, 295 10, 862 12, 401 15, 409 24, 807 40, 593 7, 540 119, 907 USSR 10, 382 10, 565 15, 737 25, 436 34, 900 40, 300 20, 900 158, 220 UK 7, 940 15, 049 20, 094 23, 672 26, 263 26, 461 12, 070 131, 549 Japan 4, 467 4, 768 5, 088 8, 861 16, 693 28, 180 8, 263 76, 320 Total 33, 225 47, 312 71, 786 120, 285 187, 516 231, 804 94, 625 786, 553 https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/World_War_II_aircraft_prod uction Return to Exhibit

Bombs Dropped Between 1939 and 1945 the Allies dropped 3. 4 million tons of bombs, An average of about 27, 700 tons of bombs each month. America would bomb during the day and Britain would bomb at night. http: //ww 2 awartobewon. com/wwii-news/wwii-bomb-found-berlinneighborhood/ Return to Exhibit

U. S. A. Carriers The first carriers ever were built by the Japanese in the 1920’s. WW 2 was the first major war to use aircraft carriers. An aircraft carrier is a ship that can hold hundreds of planes and could launch the planes as well as land them. But there were 27 total aircraft carriers in the U. S navy in all in world war 2. https: //www. quora. com/How-many-aircraft-carriers-did-the. USA-build-during-World-War-2 Return to Exhibit

Airman Deaths More U. S men died in the Air corps than the Marine corps. A number of air crewmen died of farts because ascending to 20, 000 ft. in an unpressurized aircraft causes intestinal gas to expand 300%. Most air deaths were from being shot down but many were due to fires and malfunctions in the plane. https: //ww 2 aircraft. net/forum/threads/anti-aircraftweapons. 15023/ Return to Exhibit

Leader the Luftwaffe had only two commanders-in-chief. The first was Hermann Göring and the second was Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim. Hermann was born January 12, 1893 - October 15, 1946. When the Luftwaffe failed to stop the Allied bombing of German cities and was unable to resupply German forces trapped in the Battle of Stalingrad. Göring largely withdrew from the military and political scene and focused on the acquisition of property and artwork, much of which was taken from Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Informed on 22 April 1945 that Hitler intended to commit suicide, Göring sent a telegram to Hitler requesting permission to assume control of the http: //www. gettyimages. com/detail/news-photo/hermann-goering-wasa-fighter-pilot-in-world-war-i-who-news-photo/515170926#hermanngoering-was-a-fighter-pilot-in-world-war-i-who-eventually-pictureid 515170926 Return to Exhibit

Tactics In the battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe had many tactics but they were always changing due to them trying to break through the British defenses. One of the most used tactics was using bait. The Luftwaffe would send in a small squad of airplanes to draw out the RAF fighters but then the me 109 s would come in and destroy the RAF fighters. http: //histomil. com/viewtopic. php? t=10106 Return to Exhibit

Statistics In the beginning of world war 2 there was 400, 000+ airman. In the middle of world war 2 there was 1, 700, 000+ airman. But at the end there was less than one million airmen. There were about 200 deserters. There is no true number with the exact statistics but this is a close estimate. The total amount of airplanes the Luftwaffe had was about 4, 500. http: //histomil. com/viewtopic. php? t=21166 Return to Exhibit

Spanish Civil War The Luftwaffe was first used in the Spanish civil war. Over 20, 000 German airmen gained combat experience that would give the Luftwaffe an important advantage going into the WWII. When world war two started the main reason why Germany had such a better air force was dew to the years of development. Britain could not match the effectiveness of the German air force until America stepped in and also when many Luftwaffe air fields were bombed or destroyed. http: //histomil. com/viewtopic. php? t=21166 Return to Exhibit

Industry For Planes In 1939 President Roosevelt asked congress for a 2 billion dollars defense budget ($34, 490, 285, 714. 29 dollars in todays money). But only 300 million dollars of that money would go into air planes ($5, 173, 542, 857. 14 dollars in todays money). The united states was at a unemployment rate of 25% in 1939 but with the bill for defense unemployment dropped to 10%. Women worked in the factories. Britain and other countries in Europe were also paying for airplanes. http: //thefutureofthings. com/3955 -detroits-dream-of-aircraft- / production Return to Exhibit

B-17 The B-17 was, also know as the flying fortress had nine machine gun mounts all over the plane to protect its self from incoming enemy fighters. The allied fighters provided some escort for the bombers but the fighters could only fly so far. The B-17 could hold 4, 000 pounds of bombs. The B-17 was first used in 1941. this bomber was the most used by the USA. http: //www. boeing. com/history/products/b-17 -flyingfortress. page Return to Exhibit

P-51 The P-51 mustang first saw action in 1943 and was the best fighter the U. S had. There was a total of 16, 776 P-51 s built. The P-51 would carry 1, 880, 400 rounds of ammunition into combat. Some say the P-51 was the turning point of the air battles. https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang Return to Exhibit

Tuskegee airman The Tuskegee airmen were the first black air corps in world war 2. For the first couple of years the airmen had obsolete airplanes compared to Germany. In 1944, they were given the P-51 mustang and the tides turned. In march 1945 a black newspaper the Chicago defender posted an article saying that over the 200 missions the Tuskegee airmen flew, they never lost a single bomber to the enemy. http: //www. sammcgowan. com/332 nd. html Return to Exhibit

Heinkel He 178 The Heinkel He 178 was the very first jet airplane in the world that shaped the future to our modern day airplanes. The aircraft made its maiden flight on 27 August 1939, only days before Germany started World War II. Could fly 372 mph. https: //www. theblueprints. com/blueprints/ww 2 planes/heinkel/1396/view/ heinkel_he_178/ Return to Exhibit

Boeing 307 Stratoliner This air plane’s first flight was December 31, 1938. This airplane was the first ever airplane to have a pressurized cabin so it could fly above all the weather disturbances. This airplane change the future of the airliners that we know today. http: //smm. solidmodelmemories. net/SMF/index. php? topi c=331. 0 Return to Exhibit

Radar According to google radar is: a system for detecting the presence, direction, distance, and speed of aircraft, ships, and other objects, by sending out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected off the object back to the source. Radar was first used in WW 2. Rader was used to detect when enemy bombers were coming to bomb cities. By the time of US entry into the war, the 105 -MHz SCR-270 and the 205 MHz SCR-268 were available for use. http: //ethw. org/Radar_during_World_War_II Return to Exhibit

B-29 and the Atomic Bomb The B-29 bomber was the aircraft that dropped the little boy and fat man. The little boy and fat man were the two atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those were the first two atomic bombs ever dropped and since then the atomic bomb has gotten bigger. http: //www. newstime. jp/news/world-war-ii-whowas-dropped-on-japan-2 -us-atomic-bombscost-20 -billion Return to Exhibit

Bombs That Didn’t Explode With all the bombs that the allies dropped there was going to be some that didn’t explode. Even today, 70 years later there are bombs still active and being discovered in Germany. For instance, in November 2013 a construction project was takin place and they found a 4, 000 -pound bomb. The bomb is known as a “Blockbuster. ” If that bomb went off the whole block would have been most likely destroyed. Horst Reinhardt has been disposing bombs for the last 30 years and about every other week he defuses a bomb. http: //www. dailymail. co. uk/news/article-4514088/Dronecaptures-explosion-German-WWII-bomb. html Return to Exhibit

Berlin Wall On August 13, 1961, the German government started to build a wall. The wall was built to keep “western fascists” from entering the other half of Germany and affecting their government. On November 9 th, 1989 the wall was destroyed so Germany be united again not separated into two parts. http: //www. history. com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall Return to Exhibit

Holocaust Museum The holocaust effects us today by tourists. The united states built the holocaust museum to memorialize the lives lost and so we can learn about what the Nazi’s did in world war 2. About two million people visit the museum every year and bring in about three million dollars in revenue. https: //www. ushmm. org/ Return to Exhibit

Pearl Harbor The coordinated Japanese attack on pearl harbor December 7 th, 1941 got America into world war 2. The Japanese attacked with out warning and destroyed a fleet of warships or heavily damaged them. With out the attack on pearl harbor America might not have been in world war 2. http: //www. nola. com/military/index. ssf/2013/12/pearl_harbor_1 941_japan_attack. html Return to Exhibit

Dam Busters The bouncing bomb was a bomb that would bounce on the ground and when it hit its target it was detonated. Dr. Barnes Wallis created the bouncing bomb when he worked for the Victor aircraft company. The bomb was created to destroy Dortmund Ems Canal. The canal was a German industrial high way and shipped lots of equipment back and forth. http: //www. dambusters. org. uk/the-dam-raids/the-bomb/thebouncing-bomb/ Return to Exhibit

To Hell and Back When you were in the air force in world war 2, if you flew 25 missions you could go home. The Memphis belle flew those 25 missions but at a rocky road. The Memphis belle was a b 17 F bomber. Robert Morgan was the pilot of the Memphis belle and she said “First one squadron hit us and then another and another. We were shot at on the way to the target, over the target and then on the way out. By the time it was over, some of the Germans had attacked us…landed and refueled, picked up some ammunition and were up attacking us again. For one hour and fifty-eight minutes they followed us. I never saw so many attacks in my life. On that occasion, Belle was over enemy territory for 2 1/2 hours. ” When there were no fighters there was flak to destroy the bomber. On their 25 th mission they only had one crew member get injured and they all lived. After the war in the Atlantic was over Morgan flew a b-29 and was in the first mission of bombing the Japanese mainland. http: //redheadedtshirts. com/p/385 -Memphis-Belle-WWIIBomber-Nose-Art-Pin-Up-Girl-Morale-Patch. aspx Return to Entrance

All part of the job Sergeant Joan E Mortimer, Flight Officer Elspeth C Henderson and Sergeant Helen E Turner were awarded more than half of all possible metals in the Women's Auxiliary Air. But that’s not even the best part, during an air raid on august 30 th 1940 when most people were taking shelter these three women stayed at there post to do there job. Sergeant Joan E Mortimer was surrounded by tons of bombs but stayed at her telephone to relay messages. When the bombs stopped dropping she ran out side with red flags and placed them around bombs that didn’t explode. When she was marking the bombs one went off but she kept marking them. http: //www. iwm. org. uk/history/10 -inspiring-stories-of-braveryduring-the-battle-of-britain Return to Entrance

Airforce to Navy Sept, 1943 an allied bomber risked their lives to destroy a U-boat nicknamed the “Count Dracula. ” The U-boat sank 11 allied ships in all. The bomber destroyed the Uboat but took heavy fire and was shot down. 2 of the crew were killed but the 6 of them lived and got on their automatic floatation devise known as a “dingy. ” The airmen used their boots to get water out of the dingy, they used their pants to make a fishing net, and used handkerchiefs to soak up rain water and they would take turns drinking the water to survive. They waited by the crash site for almost a week hoping someone would spot them. But when no one did they grabbed 2 shirts and used them as rows to sail over to a highly used convoy for ships. They were picked up by a British ship from the royal navy and were given a hero’s welcome as they climbed aboard. http: //www. mirror. co. uk/news/real-life-stories/amazing-storydowned-world-war-7579828 Return to Exhibit