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But what of Freier's allegations that the bomb was ready, but<br />

the delivery systems were not Without a delivery system the<br />

German Wehrmacht could have possessed all the atom bombs it<br />

wished, but they would have been utterly useless, expensive toys,<br />

without a viable means to deliver them to its most significant<br />

militarily and economically powerful opponent.<br />

B. Strange Flights<br />

Did the Germans possess any strategic bombers or aircraft<br />

capable of reaching the North American continent with a significant<br />

payload, and returning to Europe Beyond the relatively wellknown<br />

Messerschmitt 264, a four engine bomber that looks far too<br />

similar to the American B-29 to be coincidental, Germany<br />

possessed in small numbers a quantity of heavy-lift, ultra-long range<br />

transport craft, including the four engine Junkers 290 and its<br />

massive six engine cousin, the Junkers 390.<br />

The Junkers 390<br />

Only two of these massive aircraft were ever built. The Junkers<br />

390 assumes an odd significance here (and later) in our story, for in<br />

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