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[–] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’m pretty sure Stalin and his secret police didn’t give them a choice.

When they captured a B-29 Superfortress they set up a special program to duplicate it right down to patch covering a hole in the fuselage. With special telephone lines leading directly to Stalin and all the design shops. Anyone who fucked up went to the gulag.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0609bomber/

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