The General Electric turbosupercharger was ideally suited to strategic bombers flying at high altitudes on long-range missions. This was the key to the Air Corps bombing strategy during World War II and all four-engine bombers were fitted with them. For example, there were four on each B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator and eight on each B-29 Super Fortress.
| B-24 Liberator - A multi- functional plane used as a bomber transport, for Navy reconnaissance and antisubmarine warfare. Four turbosuperchargers were used on each. 18,188 were produced, more than any other American aircraft of World War II. | |
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World War II and the wartime economy stimulated
Cleveland's war-related industries. In 1943 an aircraft
industry publication, Aerosphere, listed no fewer than 189
firms in the area that contributed to the aviation parts
industry, reportedly furnishing 25% of the wartime needs
of the nation's aircraft industries.
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