Thomas Borchert wrote in
:

Blueskies,

That was one of the 'tricks' Lindbergh taught the P-38 pilots to
increase their range in the Pacific...


And the B-36. Berlin and Dresden never would have been bombed without
running oversquare...


A, the B36 was only a pipedream in WW2, and running oversquare in a
supercharged airplane is not relevant to the discussion anyway. For one
thing, the engines were geared, for another, the MP pressures for takeoff
for even the lowest boosted airplanes were in the order of 32 inches, with
some running well over 40 inches.
IOW you're comparing apples with oranges.

Bertie