A-Bombing Germany

[the lancaster kicks ass]

wy would it need more armour??

[Gemhorse]

Well, if hypothetically there was a major stuff-up with the Invasion say, 'Time-frame' and all , and they THEN had no choice but to use a nuke, I STILL think some typically brave RAF Bomber crew would've chucked one in an 'easily-adaptable' Lancaster, and done the DEED....

[the lancaster kicks ass]

thank you............

[cheddar cheese]

typically brave RAF Bomber crew

more like typically stupid, the b-29 was the better bomber in the first place and it wouldnt need as many modifications. the lanc WOULD NOT HAVE dropped the a-bomb on germany.

[brad]

i aggre with cc

[the lancaster kicks ass]

more like typically stupid

a bit disrespectfull don't you think??

[cheddar cheese]

but its true, no sane person should even think about using the lanc because the b-29 was the far more capable plane

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the british would use a lanc, you know what we're like..............

[cheddar cheese]

thats very true, but you have to admit the b-29 was more capable

[the lancaster kicks ass]

mmmmmmm.....................

[cheddar cheese]

was that a yes?

[plan_D]

The B-29 would have been used, it was a more capable plane. Had the British got the Atom bomb, the Lancaster might have been in consideration but still I doubt it would have been.
If it would have been the Lancaster the changes would have been so drastic that it wouldn't be a Lancaster anymore, it would have been based on the Lancasters airframe.

[Gemhorse]

Sometimes I think you chaps just ' look at the pictures...' - Your glorius B-29 wasn't READY in time for Germany, the only thing available in the bloody ETO WAS the Lancaster...already proved adaptable up to 22,000 lb of a single bomb...so what kinda stretch would it have taken to slip a 9,000-10,000 lb A-Bomb in ? - SFA ! - Also the US AND Britain worked [in the US] on the Bomb TOGETHER, whilst they converted 40 odd B-29's to 'nuke-bomber' status ...In fact, apart from the other reasons I've stated as to why they wouldn't have used one in Germany, one reason where they may have been tempted, was to keep the Russians from doing the 'Mongul Horde' into Europe...- And to blaspheme Bomber Command Aircrew as 'typically stupid' if they had've tried, really implies to me you just read 'the pictures, and not the words...'- 55,000 Bomber Command Aircrew lost their lives to keep your little pink bum safe for the last 60 years, and here you're crowing about 'the B-29 woulda done it..' when they were falling outa the sky over Burma and Japan because their engines kept burning-out from the climb to altitude...AT THE TIME. - No-one's saying the B-29 wasn't the Best Bomber....I'm saying it WASN'T ready IN TIME to HAVE A-Bombed Germany...but the Lancaster would've given it a shot...because that's the English Way ! - What kinda Englishman are you ? You sport a Russian flag, vote with Americans, bad-mouth the countrymen who brought YOUR freedom with their lives....' Rule Britannica...more like 'Ruin Britannica...'

[plan_D]

So the Lancaster could have carried a 22,000 lbs bomb, it could carry the Atom Bomb. Could it escape the blast?
We all know the Atom bomb wasn't needed to be used on Germany, we all know that. There is no need to mention it, anymore. 'The B-29 wasn't ready for Germany' neither was the Atom bomb.

AND IT'S THE SOVIET UNIONS FLAG! Not the Russians.

[cheddar cheese]

What kinda Englishman are you ?

an honest one that isnt obsessed with his country and tries to be fair to everyone.