How far could a WWII American bomber fly without refueling? Nt

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

9. Yep

And it's not just being in range. The island itself had to be large enough to accommodate the bombers. Combat loaded bombers required at least a mile lone runway to take off, if I remember right.

Once we were in range, we firebombed the hell out of the Japanese. Tokyo was basically burned to the ground. The primary reason Hiroshima was chosen as the first nuclear bomb target was because it was one of the few cities left that was mostly untouched from our bombing raids. We wanted to see the full destructive effects of the bomb on an intact city.