Best Bomber

[Andrew]

Although I voted for the Lanc , the B29 was a very impressive machine , but it was not released into service early enough , to make much of a difference .
Andrew

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well, the little boy and fatman were used after the war in europe was over, so they wouldn't be much use.........

[GermansRGeniuses]

really? i didnt know that! thanks for pointing it out for me lanc! o yea if u wanna know y im an ass right now its cuz im getting annoyed at ur repetetive b-17 smashing im not that fond of it but still be quiet for a while about it and if germany hadnt been defeated as early we would have nuked them for sure so thats y i said that

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah, the war in the pacific went on for a few months ofter the war in europe finished, and if it wasn't for the atom bombs, would have proberly gone on allot longer

[Crazy]

The thing is, Japan was ready to sacrifice every last citizen before it surrendered. We had them beaten back onto the mainland, and they weren't going anywhere. But instead of saving a lot of lives by surrendering, they were prepared to fight to the literal death of Japan. So, to avoid disasterous losses, we nuked them. Took 2 nukes to do it, too. They still were ready to fight after Hiroshima. Having it happen AGAIN finally convinced them that their fight was over.

[Crazy]

Originally Posted by GermansRGeniuses

i have it patched up and i have no skill whatsoever so its ok unless :FI: sucks too... but i can only play with stalls disabled or else its no fun for me

We range from totally unskilled pilots, to ok pilots, to aces who can rip up the skies. If nothing else, the comradeship and sense of community is worth it. In my opinion, you'll learn a lot more flying with a group of guys ya know, who can tell you what you're doing wrong. I've learned countless tips and tricks from them. I think you should check us out

As for stalling out, spend an hour or so with stalls enabled with airstart on, and fly about. The key to not stalling is keeping your energy up. Lose your energy, and you'll drop like a rock. Something to try would be to fly in a TB-3 to get the feel of it, then work your way down to a stall-fest like the P-40.


My .02

[GermansRGeniuses]

tb3 flies very nicely i was messing around in a game and its fun VERY STRONG strangely the guy i was playing could shoot me down when i had a 109 and mustang but he couldnt bring down the tb3 i even managed to shoot him down using the guns a few times

[Knight hawk]

The best bomber is the "B-29" it drop the "1st aerial nukes" I'm having a jolly good vecation in the philippines :P

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i must say the B-29 is my second faveourite plane

[bronzewhaler82]

Did anyone else know that a Dehavilland Mosquito (a smaller plane made of wood) could carry the same bomb load as a B-17? and still outrun anything else in the sky? now THATS impressive

[cheddar cheese]

no i didnt know that, interesting and lanc, i though the mossie was your second favourite plane?

[RAF_Loke]

This poll should have been divided into Heavy Bombers and Medium Bombers. Ain't right to compare a B-25 with a B-29, they played each their role.
Also I don't see any Italian, Japanese or Russian bombers there??

I'll add a little story about a bomber:

April 29th 1944 2:19 pm.

B-24H "GYPSY QUEEN" #41-29479

448th Bomb Group, 715th Bomb Squadron.

Target: The Big "B" - Berlin.

The Bomber crashed near Poulsker, Bornholm

3 POW, 6 EVD and 1 KIA

"Gypsy Queen" participated in this mega raid on Berlin - approx. 2,000 planes were involved in the mission. However, during the bomb run, the plane was hit by FLAK and the bomb bay doors could not open and had to be opened manually and shortly after the bombs were dropped. On the return flight, the plane got serious enginetrouble and only one engine was running 100%.
So they turn North heading for Sweden on 1 engine slowly desending.
Over the Baltic Sea they were so low that the Pilot gave the order to bail out, as soon as they were flying over land again. Only 9 chutes were sighted. The Top Turret Gunner, SGT Harry J. Ambrosinis chute did not open and he died, when he hit the ground. Three other airmen were wounded in connection with the landing and they were all taken POWs by the Germans. Two other airmen were slightly wounded but were able to continue their escape. Five airmen were taken to Sweden by a Danish fishingboat and the last one, the Pilot, 2nd LT Orland T. Howard, also managed to escape to Sweden, onboard the S.S. "CARL".

So this B-24 actually flew from Berlin to Bornholm on one engine, not bad I'll say .

[Archer]

On the mention of parahutes failing, I read an article in Flight Journal a couple months ago I believe about incidents where there were "problems" bailing out/ejecting. A couple cases were bad or no parachutes. One Allied bomber crewman fell from 10k+, through the skylight of a train station, onto the platform, and then a German doctor started treating him. There were several other incidents along these lines. Also, one of an Aussie (I think) who jumped from his bomber without a parachute or had it fail, part way down he bumped into another crew member, they held on to each other and both landed with minor injuries - broken bones and such. Another interesting one was a Indian or British plane in the Indian Ocean IIRC, it was taking off from a carrier but didn't have enough speed. Went underwater and I believe the carrier passed over top before the pilot ejected and was picked up. Some people are just really lucky.

[Andrew]

Did anyone else know that a Dehavilland Mosquito (a smaller plane made of wood) could carry the same bomb load as a B-17? and still outrun anything else in the sky? now THATS impressive

One of the first jobs for the ME262 , was to catch and shoot down the Mosquito Bombers, as Germans had no Piston Engined Fighter fast enough to shoot them down .

Andrew

[Flying_Fortress]

everyone knows that the best one was the b-17