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Old 22nd Jan 2008, 22:10
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Decisions taken in 1943 sent the B-29s to the Pacific first. Had the war in Europe gone on longer there were plans for 9 B-29 groups in the UK. No B-29 units existed in the ETO during WWII.

According to Roger Freeman in 'The Mighty Eighth', a single B-29 was diverted from delivery to the CBI theater in March 1944 for technical evaluation by the 8th AF and to deceive the Germans regarding B-29 deployment plans to the UK. It visited Glatton and Knettishall.
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