 | Versatile Heavy Bombers| Aviation Discuss Versatile Heavy Bombers in the World War II - Aviation forums; Originally Posted by CurzonDax
Still it would be interesting to hear what everyone thinks was the most modifiable bomber ofthe ... |
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02-07-2006, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by CurzonDax Still it would be interesting to hear what everyone thinks was the most modifiable bomber ofthe war. And I am not just talking about cutting out the bomb bay to make space for a bigger bomb either. Out of all these heavies or mediums or lights, which one was the most modifiable. If go with the 24. But I'll post my reasons later, gotta go have a pow wow with the boss.
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02-07-2006, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by CurzonDax Still it would be interesting to hear what everyone thinks was the most modifiable bomber ofthe war. And I am not just talking about cutting out the bomb bay to make space for a bigger bomb either. Out of all these heavies or mediums or lights, which one was the most modifiable. If go with the 24. But I'll post my reasons later, gotta go have a pow wow with the boss.
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02-07-2006, 06:59 PM
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Country: | I'd go for Mossie, Lanc or the Hally as most versatile
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02-07-2006, 07:12 PM
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| Ummm, the Mossie could not function in the role of a heavy bomber, and perhaps in the medium bomber role.
If there were also very important roles that the Lanc and B24 performed, it was maritime patrol and transport.
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02-07-2006, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by syscom3 Ummm, the Mossie could not function in the role of a heavy bomber. | Good point my fault
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02-07-2006, 10:46 PM
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Country: | What was the Halifax like anyway? It's over-shadowed by the Lancaster, so I know nothing about it. Except I've heard it "set itself alight" when the under-carriage was down ... I don't know how, I don't know why ... it's just what I've read.
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02-07-2006, 11:53 PM
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| For my money, the Mosquito is actually a light bomber  Just two crew and the orignal unarmed bomber variants weighed just under 13,000 lbs empty. It gets my vote for the most versatile light bomber.
Most versatile medium bomber would obviously be the Ju-88 family. The only real other competitiors in my mind are the Pe-2 and the B-25, altough the excellent and reliable A-20 deserves a mention as does the Japanese G4M, which had 30 examples converted as a heavy escort fighter, as well as recon, transport, paratroop, ELINT, VIP and other roles.
In terms of versatility for 4 engined heavies its the Lancaster 1st by a small margin, the B-24 and Halifax tied for second and closely followed by the immortal B-17. Honourable mentions to the P-108 and the Stirling. | |
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02-08-2006, 02:26 AM
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Country: | i'll go along with mossie for most versatile light bomber (although it's hard to class the mossie like that)........
Ju-88 for most versatile medium.........
lanc for most versatile heavy, halibag second..............
and you've said the B-24's so versatile, you haven't really given any examples, how many different loads/bombs could she carry? what special missions was she modified for? what different roles?
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Country: | I'd go along with that. Mossie for light bomber, Ju-88 for medium and Lancaster for heavy bomber.
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02-08-2006, 10:52 AM
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Country:  | Both Lancaster and B-24 did ASW, SAR, transport and ELINT. The B-24 was used as a "tanker" cargo aircraft, delivering fuel over the Hump, the Lancaster was used as an aerial tanker (don't know if it was an operational situation) as early as 1949....
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| I believe some B24's also did nighttime maritime strikes in the SW Pacific.
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Originally Posted by syscom3 I believe some B24's also did nighttime maritime strikes in the SW Pacific. | They did... http://www.vpnavy.org/vp_vpb.html
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| Also if I am not mistaken B-24s also dropped supplies for POWs in both the ETO and PTO.
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02-09-2006, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by CurzonDax Also if I am not mistaken B-24s also dropped supplies for POWs in both the ETO and PTO.
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Country: | I am pretty sure that both the B-17 and B-24 dropped supplies for POWs. They were also doing supply drops for European civilians during operations Chowhound and Manna. The RAF were the first to drop food for civilians: Quote: |
On the 29th of April the food drops started. This first day would be a decisive day for the whole operation. 242 Lancaster's, the four-engine bombers of the RAF, flew that day to six different drop-zones in Holland. Together they would drop almost 535 tons of food on the first day.
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