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06-27-2005, 11:18 AM
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#31 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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06-27-2005, 11:20 AM
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#32 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | I'm sure he'll take it sitting down.
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06-27-2005, 12:07 PM
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#33 | | Master of Ewes
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maybe i shoulod qix him to see what he really knows about the lanc
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06-27-2005, 01:50 PM
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#34 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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06-27-2005, 02:26 PM
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#35 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Hey someone pm me the Hitler joke. I need a good laugh.
And whoever knew what he said PM that too, just want to know.
And Bungle welcome to the group and I hope you have some good convo here.
__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-27-2005, 03:05 PM
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#36 | | Master of Ewes
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06-27-2005, 03:19 PM
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#37 | | Der Crewchief
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__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-27-2005, 03:47 PM
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#38 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | so i've gotta ask him questions to test his knowledge of the lancaster yeah?
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06-28-2005, 06:50 AM
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#39 | | Junior Member
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| Hello people,
Thankyou for the many replies! I can see that you are all a light-hearted bunch indeed!
Lancaster, I would enjoy it if you asked me some questions! I am sure that we can both learn a lot from each other!
Bungle. | |
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06-28-2005, 09:54 AM
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#40 | | Der Crewchief
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__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-28-2005, 11:39 AM
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| I seem to have picked this one up after all the badinage, which might be just as well. But wasn't there a topic around at the beginning? Something about bombers, wasn't it?
How about this one, then: if all the heavy metal that flew over Germany dropping bombs had been replaced by Mosquitos, would they have got the job done that much more effectively and what woud have been the ramifications? | |
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06-28-2005, 11:58 AM
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#42 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | First of all this topic is about Bombers and has been from the beginning and even they were talking about Bombers.
I dont think it would have been possible nor efficient eneogh. They would have had to build more Mosquitos than bombers plus the Mosquito was not capable of carrying the larger size bombs in large quantities for long distances.
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-28-2005, 12:12 PM
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#43 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | and, i fail to see how, given the mossie was made primarily of wood, that the metal used for lancs would allow m0ore mossies to be built
and i get the feeling this thread is about to turn into a competition between bungle and me.........
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06-28-2005, 01:19 PM
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#44 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Was that meant for me about the wooden mosquito's. I dont think I said the mosquito was made out of metal?
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-28-2005, 01:57 PM
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| I wan't talking about just Lancs (or Halifaxes or Stirlings) but B17s and B24s, too. Think of it: 5,000-odd Mossies, giving a bomb capacity of roughly 10,000 tons per raid, all of them making precision attacks. Wood? Make 'em in America! Crews? Two per plane as opposed to the multitudes that the heavies carried. Retrain em!
OK, they couldn't lift the cookies or Tallboys or Grand Slams, but would you need them?
Think about it. As a matter of fact, I believe someone actually proposed this very thing during the war but it was turned down because of the commitments already made to production. But its a fascinating theory... and perhaps we wouldn't be talking about well over 60,000 RAF and USAAF aircrew dead now... | |
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