(September 19, 2015 at 11:53 am)Minimalist Wrote: I think you mean the B-17 Wyrd. The B-29 program dates to 1938 and, as a precision high-level bomber it was something of a flop.
As I said, the US did fund the B29 as the primary weapons system to be used against Japan before the war started. Germany & Japan did not have a similar bomber. They thought that they were fighting a war like WWI. The B29 was very effective against Japan, which was its purpose.