Originally Posted by SallyRand

Nope. The Sänger Orbital Bomber or Amerika Bomber was sort of an airplane/space shuttle hybrid and was not a one-way by any means.

http://www.luft46.com/misc/sanger.html




In case you're wonding, that is how Manhattan Island would have looked from the Amerika.



The Japanese were working on their own as well, the A-26, later re-designated the Ki-77.

http://www.aviastar.org/air/japan/tachikawa_ki-77.php




Of course the USA was first to be successful with the single most expensive project of WW II, the B-29, which cost THREE BILLION DOLLARS. The atomic bomb only cost TWO BILLION DOLLARS!



The Nazis did have plans though to bring small bombers to the USA via submarine, the planes housed in a water tight hanger on deck. These would have been one-way.

Sally.