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| View Poll Results: Which bomber is most overated in today's popular opinion? | |||
| B-17 | | 13 | 18.06% |
| B-24 | | 0 | 0% |
| B-25 | | 1 | 1.39% |
| B-26 | | 0 | 0% |
| B-29 | | 9 | 12.50% |
| A-26 | | 0 | 0% |
| Hudson | | 2 | 2.78% |
| TBF / TBM | | 0 | 0% |
| SBD | | 2 | 2.78% |
| Lancaster | | 5 | 6.94% |
| Mosquito | | 1 | 1.39% |
| Wellington | | 3 | 4.17% |
| Sunderland | | 4 | 5.56% |
| PBY | | 1 | 1.39% |
| Fw 200C | | 5 | 6.94% |
| Ju 88 | | 0 | 0% |
| Ar 234 | | 0 | 0% |
| Mistel combinations | | 3 | 4.17% |
| G4M Betty | | 1 | 1.39% |
| Ki-67 Peggy | | 0 | 0% |
| P1Y Frances | | 1 | 1.39% |
| D3A Val | | 0 | 0% |
| Swordfish | | 1 | 1.39% |
| SM 79 | | 0 | 0% |
| Cant Z 1007 | | 1 | 1.39% |
| Il-2 Shturmovik | | 5 | 6.94% |
| Ju-87 Stuka | | 11 | 15.28% |
| other | | 3 | 4.17% |
| Voters: 72. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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| | #31 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Helsinki
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| Quote: "Portal probably should've replaced him and brought in somebody that was more of a team player or a more adaptive personality." Timshatz. I agree with that. maybe 5th Group CO, Cochrane?, would have been a good successor. Juha |
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| | #32 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
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| Quote:
Probably comes down to Bennett vs Cochrane. Neither were nice people (Bomber Command seemed to have more than it's fair share of abrasive personalities). Just from results, I guess I would go with Cochrane. He did a tremendous job with 5 Group. He was a good 15 years older than Bennet and seemed closer to a Leigh-Mallory type in terms of his character. | |
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| | #33 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| | #34 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
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| Yeah, Bennett was the only one of the Bomber Group Commanders that didn't get Knighted after the war. Speaks volumes. |
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| | #35 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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There were more than a few times when 8th and 15th AF bombers had to do repeat visits to a target simply because they kept missing it.
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| | #36 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| I don't believe anyone from 6 group did either but I'm not sure if or if not Canadians could recieve honours or titles at that period of time . I know they can't now |
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| | #37 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
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| Not suprised if the put to the Canadians. That's the problem with being a colonial. Always of the wrong side of the blood line. Quick question about Canada during the war. It is my understanding that Canadian citizens didn't have to leave the country during the war if they didn't want to. All the guys overseas were volunteers. While you could be drafted, you couldn't be shipped overseas without your permission. Is that accurate? Apologies in advance for the major thread drift. |
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| | #38 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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Last edited by pbfoot; 07-30-2008 at 06:02 PM. | |
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| | #39 | ||
| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005
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It looks like 13 got knighthoods, 30 didn't. All of those who got knighthoods had higher level jobs than commanders of BC groups. Quote:
I think the barrier to dominion force officers achieving high rank early in the war was both the smaller size of the dominion forces pre war, and the semi independence from the RAF. | ||
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| | #40 |
| Member | I would votes for B-17 but.......I prefer PBY.
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| | #41 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
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| Joining in this discussion late, but voting for the B-17.
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| | #42 |
| Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ventura County
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| I love the B-17, and it certainly is a wonderful plane, but I think you see more people talking about it than most other bombers. |
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| | #43 |
| Senior Member | Ju-87. Slow, outmoded and vulnerable and shown up as soon as air superiority wasn't certain. Best impact was a psychological one but in terms of light bombing I'd rather have a squadron of 109's any day
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| | #44 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Jose, CA
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| But is the Ju 87 really the most overrate in current popular oppinion? |
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| | #45 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 277
| Good question! I think in popular opinion nowadays the Ju 87 is actually under-rated. In D and G forms it soldiered on late into the war, socking it to the Russians, in a dogged, determined way. And then there's Rudel to consider-- perhaps the best, or most accomplished combat pilot of all time, and a 7-victory fighter ace while flying Stukas! Yet everyone today seems to think the Stuka was just death-trap. Not my choice to fly into combat with, but Mr. Rudel thought otherwise! (Or was it Rugel? Y'all know who I mean! 11,000 lifetime comabt sorties? Ringing a bell, anyone?) |
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