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    The Dam Busters.......

    Great piece in pajamas on the anniversary of this heroic raid.....Apparently a new movie is in the works...Don't miss the video at the end of this piece...Pajamas Media: The Dam Busters
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    Most Beautiful Aircraft

    Best looking fighter, on the ground: P-47, FW190, Zero, I like those muscular looking, wide stanced radial engine fighters.......In the air, It has to be the Spit; so graceful looking, followed by the P-51 and the P-40,( although only when decorated with the sharks teeth.).. Twin engined...
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    Hardest plane to take down in WW2?

    I think that what B17Sam is pointing out is that as incredibly tough as the B-17 was, the defences over Germany, probably the toughest in the history of airial combat, were still enough to knock 3500 B-17s down.....And remember guy's, he was THERE!.....We wern't...
  4. B-17 shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    B-17 shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    More photos of the B-17 which crash landed at Nully France in 44
  5. B-17 shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    B-17 shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    More photos of the B-17 which crash landed at Nully France in 44
  6. B-17 shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    B-17 shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    More photos of the B-17 which crash landed at Nully France in 44
  7. B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    I was recently contacted by a Frenchman who has pieces of a B-17 in his shed...This was in response to a query two years previously on the website ArmyAirforces.com asking for info on a mission to Merseburg on 9/11/44..My late father, a pilot had been shot down that day..His AC was hit by flak...
  8. B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    I was recently contacted by a Frenchman who has pieces of a B-17 in his shed...This was in response to a query two years previously on the website ArmyAirforces.com asking for info on a mission to Merseburg on 9/11/44..My late father, a pilot had been shot down that day..His AC was hit by flak...
  9. B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    I was recently contacted by a Frenchman who has pieces of a B-17 in his shed...This was in response to a query two years previously on the website ArmyAirforces.com asking for info on a mission to Merseburg on 9/11/44..My late father, a pilot had been shot down that day..His AC was hit by flak...
  10. B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    I was recently contacted by a Frenchman who has pieces of a B-17 in his shed...This was in response to a query two years previously on the website ArmyAirforces.com asking for info on a mission to Merseburg on 9/11/44..My late father, a pilot had been shot down that day..His AC was hit by flak...
  11. B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    B-17 Shot down over Merseburg on 9/11/44

    I was recently contacted by a Frenchman who has pieces of a B-17 in his shed...This was in response to a query two years previously on the website ArmyAirforces.com asking for info on a mission to Merseburg on 9/11/44..My late father, a pilot had been shot down that day..His AC was hit by flak...
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    Comparative Study of B-17 vs B-24

    B-17 crewman said that the best escort was to be flying on a mission with B-24s as the German fighter pilots would ignore the B-17s and go after what they regarded as easier kills; the B-24s..... I believe that B-24s were chosen for the initial Polesti raids because of their longer...
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    Best Bomber of WW2 -- #3

    ....In the end, it didn't matter, the increased production in tanks and planes and ball bearings didn't count for squat...For without fuel to power them trains to transport them to the front, they were USELESS!!...They produced some 2500 me-262s....Less then 500 saw combat, (lucky for...
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    Best Bomber of WW2 -- #3

    My purpose in this post has not been to denigrate the Lanc..It was a wonderfull bomber, superior to the B-17, ( B-24) in virtually all respects..The Fort was updated 30s technology. It could no more compete with a Lanc in the measurable areas of fastest, furthest mostest bomb load, the a Lanc...
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    Best Bomber of WW2 -- #3

    Why Was the Fort So Tough??????Well according to Bergerud, there were many reasons..The B-17 was the only 4 engined bomber that was designed with "Low wing configuration."The downside was that the spar or wing root, extended into the fuselage constricting the room available for a bomb bay...But...
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