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03-31-2004, 10:26 AM
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| Most Dangerous Position on a Bomber....?
What's the most dangerous position to be in aboard an Allied WW2 bomber on a bombing run...? 
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03-31-2004, 10:34 AM
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Country:  | tail gunner  its not the bomb aimer cos i learned that in a crash the bomb aimer was the safest postion to be in
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04-01-2004, 09:48 AM
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| Really? I find that odd cos the nose of the bomber was usually largely made of glass and in a crash i would've thought the WORSE place to be (apart from inside the ball turret!) during a crash landing was the nose! 
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04-01-2004, 09:53 AM
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Country: | apparenty not, this is just going on lancaster stats but the bloke with the highest survival rate was the bomb aimer i not sure about other planes though
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04-01-2004, 09:56 AM
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Country:  | Maybe the bomb aimer was the first to see the aircraft coming straight at them and jumped out... 
I don't know the worst place to be, to me, being in the bomber at all would be bad.
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04-01-2004, 10:03 AM
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to me, being in the bomber at all would be bad.
| i hope you arent implying that you dont like bombers?
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04-01-2004, 10:03 AM
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| Touche
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04-01-2004, 10:12 AM
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Country: | touché? what was the need for that?
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04-01-2004, 10:22 AM
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Country: | I'm not saying bombers are bad because they were very useful planes. I'm saying that I wouldn't want to be in one...unless it was a mossie...
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04-01-2004, 10:24 AM
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Country: | my favourite plane is a bomber, id love to be in it 
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04-01-2004, 10:26 AM
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Country: | I'd rather be in the escort...
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04-01-2004, 10:29 AM
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04-01-2004, 10:31 AM
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04-01-2004, 10:44 AM
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Country: | P-51D...I don't know if any other could reach there...unless we were sending them from France...
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