b-17s
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This'll bring a tear to your eye...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKFE90sWqx8 Post WW2 B-17's used for target practice...- gumbyk
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Two engine R-3350 powered bomber
What would it be capable of? Would it/could it have the performance to replace B-17's and B-24's or just a significant improvement over other two-engine types? -
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Histories:
B-17F-90-BO 'Slo-Jo', 42-30168 ( 30168 (385th BG, 550th BS, 'Slo-Jo') shot down by Fw. Walter Kohne in Fw 190A-6 of JG 1/2 and exploded over North Sea N of Lengeoog, Germany Dec 11, 1943. MACR 1666. 7 KIA, 3 POW ) On 11th of December 1943, 538 heavy bombers of the U.S...- Snautzer01
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Poor flight discipline and use of checklists in different WW2 AFs (20% accidents!)
I've just completed a paper on pilots' flight discipline and use of standard flying methods in multiple air forces in WW 2. The Luftwaffe was the worst by far. They even called their high accident rate "the plague." Simply transferring planes from factory to the front had a 20% loss rate...