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01-23-2004, 04:53 PM
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#16 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | yup for me its the lancaster again, i was tempted to go with the the ju 88 cos i kinda like german planes, but from what ive been told the lancaster was great so it wins my vote
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01-25-2004, 01:20 PM
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#17 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | yes, my name doesn't permit me to say other wise, but it was the lancaster
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01-27-2004, 09:06 PM
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#18 | | | The lancaster was great for the early war years and was still far supirior to anything the germans had. But logic (and statistics) dictate that the later the bomber was designed, the better it should be. And the B-29, with its remotly controlled turrents, pressurized cabin, huge bomb load, fast speed and not no mention big boy and fat man, it is easily the best bomber of the war.
anyone saying the the ju88 is better than that is an idiot (no offence to whoever voted for it)  | |
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01-29-2004, 06:45 PM
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#19 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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Country: | Let's just say the B-29 was one of the best 
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01-30-2004, 01:44 PM
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#20 | | Master of Ewes
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01-30-2004, 02:46 PM
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| The problem with the Lancaster (and all the other planes listed in the poll) is that they can't land on carriers. I'd have to say one of the best bombers was the SBD Dauntless. It turned the tide of the war in the Pacific at Midway (due to lots of luck and the sacrifice of a lot of torpedo bomber crews).
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02-04-2004, 04:31 PM
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02-04-2004, 06:37 PM
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#24 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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02-08-2004, 08:23 AM
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#25 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | ha! you can't fool me, that wasn't a lancaster (quick heh)
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02-08-2004, 04:42 PM
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#26 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | i dont care lanc, the pic WAS funny
anyway, ive had enough of the b-17 and the lancaster hogging the limelight, so i challenge your well known and respected allied bombers with a little known and unrespected italian bomber, the p-108
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02-09-2004, 06:53 AM
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#27 | | | the lanc has to win the votes cause it is the best. dan  | |
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02-10-2004, 12:48 PM
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#28 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | as i doubt the lanc noticed that im not embarrased, who posted it anyway?
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02-12-2004, 08:36 AM
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| I voted B-17 as best heavy bomber. Largely because I have read it could take awful amounts of hammering and still fly - like the case of a B-17 based in Amendola that had an 8 by 8 foot gap blow in its waist by flak over austria. It made it home, and then broke in half only after landing.
Also the Lanc was too vulnerable to be sent out in daylight raids, the B-17 not so.
As for light-bomber, a toss up between the Mosquito and the B25. Although the Mossie was more figher and the B25 more bomber... | |
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02-12-2004, 10:19 AM
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#30 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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Country: | I would say for Light Bomber Role, the Mossie
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