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Boeing designed and built the B52 Stratofortress Bomber.
The Boeing Aircraft Company invented the B-52. No one person did.
It's name 'Stratofortress' was given by Boeing. It's designation number '52' was given by the USAF .
Big, with swept wings, each with two external twin-jet pylons. Beautiful. Awesome. You can also do an image search with the B-52 using the keywords "Boeing Stratofortress."
B52 Stratofortress. During the Vietnam War one B52 could carry up to 108 750lb bombs. That was equal to 10 WWII bombers. I believe the Avro Lancaster was the best bomber of all time. It was essential to winning WW2. Lancasters took thousands of boys to war and brought many men back. It made the difference between winning and losing. -If the Allies had lost there would never have been a real peace.
B52 Stratofortress heavy bombers commenced operations in theater in 1965.
I worked on the B52 in the seventies at Loring Air Force Base, and it was common to put 220 thousand pounds of fuel on a B52, which is about 36,000 gallons, along with a full load of bombs.
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Assuming you are refering to the 1952 Bomber produced by Boeing and how it received that name. The US Defence Dept. gave out contracts for its planes to whoever came up with the best tender for the aircraft it required. The bombers it required had the prefix "B" not for Boeing but for bomber, as its fighter planes the prefix "P" [pursuit] . The prefix had no bearing as to who built them. As time and development wore on so did the numbers succeeding the prefixes.
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