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12-16-2004, 02:24 AM
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| What wasn't slaughtered early on in Europe? Unescorted daylight raids were a mess. The B-17s and B-24s were slaughtered, and they certainly deserved all the praise they received. The B-26 was loved by its crews and offered considerably better performance than the B-25. The B-25 was certainly more versatile but most of its missions were ATTACK missions. The B-26 was the premier medium bomber of WWII.
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12-16-2004, 07:50 AM
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| Well, personally, I feel the Wellington deserves that honour...they made 47,409 sorties in Bomber Command, including 6,000 odd by OTU's, and dropped nearly 42,000 tons of bombs. In all, the Command lost 1,332 on Ops plus a further 337 in accidents. On Ops from the UK, they flew 63,976 sorties, totalling 346,440 hrs of flying. In the MTO and Far East, flying hours totalled 524,769, and they dropped nearly 100,000 tons of bombs. After the War, they continued to fly as trainers for 350,000 odd hrs...They built a total of about 11,500 of them, first designed in 1936, blooded in combat 4th Sept. 1939, the 2nd day of the War and was still in production on VE Day...It was designed by Barnes Wallis, famous for it's remarkably durable geodetic construction, took a 4,000 lb 'cookie' and was pleasant to fly, altho' slow at 180- 250 mph odd, but with 2,500 miles range and was loved by it's crews... Apart from that , RAF 75[NZ] Sqn. was the first to have them, and a chap called F/S J.A. Ward from my l'il old hometown won the Victoria Cross after climbing-out on a wing and putting a fire out, in July 1941, heading back from a raid on Munster...I went to the same college, and they had his medal there.... |
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12-16-2004, 12:33 PM
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  | I agree with Gemhorse here actually, I think the "Wimpy" was the best medium bomber. |
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12-16-2004, 02:24 PM
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| Personally, I think the Ju-88 deserves some credit. How many bombers medium bombers do you know operated in just about every role imaginable for aircraft?
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12-16-2004, 04:26 PM
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| Good Point. |
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12-16-2004, 05:45 PM
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| The JU-88 deserves to be in there too. |
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12-17-2004, 12:18 AM
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| Maybe the Ju-88 should receive honorable mention, but it clearly was not the best bomber of the war.
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12-17-2004, 08:49 AM
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| The B-17 flying fortress gets my vote, with the fire power thet thing could carry. and the beating those plans could take........... b-17 gets my vote. |
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12-17-2004, 12:02 PM
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| Persolly I like the He-111. It had a large payload for a twin engined plane and was fairly fast. The maximum ceiling was its only real problem. |
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12-17-2004, 12:04 PM
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| yes it will wanto bet? b-17's MAJOR parts blown away and still flys back 2 base, itz not just possible, it HAD BEEN done many times be4(esitimated about 500 B-17s) |
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12-17-2004, 12:12 PM
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| What you on about? The B-17 was as tough as old boots... |
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12-17-2004, 03:12 PM
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| Quote:
and if you think the lanc wouldn't be able to make it back on one engine, you'd be wrong
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12-17-2004, 03:49 PM
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| The Lanc was every bit the flying freight train! Good pic, btw.  |
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12-17-2004, 03:54 PM
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__________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." | |
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12-17-2004, 04:07 PM
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| Okay then, she was a flying freight train.  |
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