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• May 4, 2004

• #61

plan_D

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The B-24 would have been more ideal than the B-17.

 

• May 4, 2004

• #62

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Lightning Guy

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I agree. In general the B-24 was more versatile than the B-17. Plus you had a much larger bomb bay to toy around with.

 

• May 5, 2004

• #63

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Dec 20, 2003

i would have thought they would want to use a B-17??

 

• May 5, 2004

• #64

plan_D

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Why would you want to use the B-17 for the task, the B-24 was better.

 

• May 8, 2004

• #65

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but why would the american use the B-24 when it would upset the public, we all know how much the americans hate to upset their public..........

 

• May 10, 2004

• #66

plan_D

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How would it upset their public? And I don't think the American government really gives a rats ass about it's public, it'll do what it wants.

 

• May 13, 2004

• #67

cheddar cheese

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i think the lanc was being sarky

 

• May 13, 2004

• #68

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Lightning Guy

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Either way. The B-24 was far more versatile than the B-17. Had America wanted to trying something like the Dambusters raid it would have been B-24s doing it.

 

• May 13, 2004

• #69

plan_D

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I agree with Lightning Guy, where's this 'I never agree with you'?

 

• May 13, 2004

• #70

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Lightning Guy

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I didn't say never. But apparently we never will get this naval fighter thing worked out. That's mostly what I was refering to.

 

• May 14, 2004

• #71

plan_D

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That's like the only one.

 

• May 14, 2004

• #72

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Lightning Guy

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Well there's the Mosquito v. P-38 one too.

 

• May 14, 2004

• #73

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what weapon would the americans use, they wouldn't have been able to come up with anything like the upkeep....................

 

• May 14, 2004

• #74

cheddar cheese

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it was just an example lanc, and i think they would have used b-24's too

 

• May 14, 2004

• #75

plan_D

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And the Mosquito v P-38 but that's more of personal taste than performance of plane. I think we have all agreed that the B-24 would have been used.

 

• May 15, 2004

• #76

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Lightning Guy

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I don't think you can honestly say the Americans would have never come up with anything that would have worked. We never considered a raid on the dams and if we had I am reasonably sure we could have made something work. If not, we could've just nuked em.

 

• May 15, 2004

• #77

plan_D

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I don't think so, it took long enough and basically one man to give us the idea. We could have just nuked 'em, that's what I expect from an American.

 

• May 15, 2004

• #78

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Lightning Guy

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That was a (mostly) sarcastic comment and was intended to remind Lanc that America had some skill at weapons development.

Part of the reason only one man came up with the idea was that only one man was looking for it. If America had had an interested in attacking the dams, an appropriate weapon would have been developed.

 

• May 15, 2004

• #79

plan_D

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Yes, well they didn't and we did...

 

• May 15, 2004

• #80

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I don't think you can honestly say the Americans would have never come up with anything that would have worked.

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i don't recall saying they wouldn't i just asked what they would use as they wouldn't have come up with anything like the upkeep................