Nonskimmer
Captain
You're scarin' me again! 
Avro Antelope
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Sorry but you gotta admit the Superfortress is one hell of a looker! 
Nonskimmer
Captain
Sure it is. I wouldn't leave my wife over it, but it's a good looking plane. 8)
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cheddar cheese
Major General
"Darling, I have something to confess"
"What?"
"Im having an affair."
"You bastard! Who with?"
"Fifi. I met her at the airshow. Im sorry but your 34DD just cant compare with 4x Wright Cyclone 3350 Radial Engines and tricycle undercarriage, far more fun to fly too."
"..."
"What?"
"Im having an affair."
"You bastard! Who with?"
"Fifi. I met her at the airshow. Im sorry but your 34DD just cant compare with 4x Wright Cyclone 3350 Radial Engines and tricycle undercarriage, far more fun to fly too."
"..."
Nonskimmer
Captain
That might just do it, yes. 
Hot Space
Tech Sergeant
cheddar cheese said:
Are you trying to turn me on again
Hot Space
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Shhhh, youll give us away!
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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i'd much rather run off with PA474............
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Come again?
No actually, dont. Henry had a horrid time trying to suck up the mess last time...
No actually, dont. Henry had a horrid time trying to suck up the mess last time...
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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PA474 is the BBMF lanc..............
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Ah, I thought it was some kind of lanc...
B-29s are fare more beautiful machines.
B-29s are fare more beautiful machines.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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if you mean "far more" then no, lanc are far better machines..........
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cheddar cheese
Major General
B-29 is superior to the lanc in every way.
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Interesting aircraft. The Lancaster was a useful plane, although it was relegated to night bombing because it was aging. It couldn't really defend itself that well against German fighters. The B-29 Superfortress could. Therefore these bombers both played a very useful role. Incidently bare metal on an operational plane is just suicidal as the paint from what I have heard slows the round down and minimizes damage to some extent. A lot of planes were destroyed apparently from bare metal on metal sparks at the end of WW2. The sparks from the hit metal could hit those oxygen tanks and blow the plane skyhigh.
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
the lancaster kicks ass said:
I'll elope with W4050 then
In the words of Captin Flasheart: "Get in her 5 times a day and take her to heaven and back"
BombTaxi
Tech Sergeant
Just to reinforce plan_D's point, the Lanc wasnt made a night bomber because it had poor armament...it was DESIGNED with night bombing in mind, so didnt need as many guns as the US heavies! No RAF heavy was ever employed on regular daylight work, because the RAF didnt carry out daylight strategic bombing as part of it's offensive operations.
Furthermore, it was in fact a newer a/c than either the B-17 or B-24 - the oldest RAF heavy was the Stirling, which was out of service by mid-war - the age of the a/c had nothing to do with it's role.
Furthermore, it was in fact a newer a/c than either the B-17 or B-24 - the oldest RAF heavy was the Stirling, which was out of service by mid-war - the age of the a/c had nothing to do with it's role.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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what do you mean lancs didn't bomb by day!! 
lancasters carried out thousands of daylight raids in late 44/45!!
and yes the RAF learned with the whimpy that bombing by day was suicide, and so any bomer post-wellington was designed as a night bomber, hence the lact of armourment, but if you think that
you are very much underestimating the lancaster, she was one of the deciding factors in the war OVER Europe..........
it had enough to scare off allot of fighters, fact is, no plane can be invincible, you will always have to face losses, but if you think that pure weight of guns will save you from a fighter, look at the B-17, she was packed with guns, still easy meat..........
oh yes?? you have combat records of the B-29 flying missions against germany where she came up against german fighters?? because i would very much like to see them.....
the B-29 never flew missions against german fighter opposition, as such you cannot cloaim that she could defend herself, the only missions she flew were against poor fighter opposition by day and almost non existant opposition by night over japan........
lancasters carried out thousands of daylight raids in late 44/45!!
and yes the RAF learned with the whimpy that bombing by day was suicide, and so any bomer post-wellington was designed as a night bomber, hence the lact of armourment, but if you think that
HealzDevo said:
you are very much underestimating the lancaster, she was one of the deciding factors in the war OVER Europe..........
HealzDevo said:
it had enough to scare off allot of fighters, fact is, no plane can be invincible, you will always have to face losses, but if you think that pure weight of guns will save you from a fighter, look at the B-17, she was packed with guns, still easy meat..........
oh yes?? you have combat records of the B-29 flying missions against germany where she came up against german fighters?? because i would very much like to see them.....
the B-29 never flew missions against german fighter opposition, as such you cannot cloaim that she could defend herself, the only missions she flew were against poor fighter opposition by day and almost non existant opposition by night over japan........
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cheddar cheese
Major General
He never said it didnt bomb by day, he said they didnt do it regularly...
trackend
Chief Master Sergeant
I'm sure Lanc will either confirm or refute this but didn't the Lanc drop a larger tonnage of bombs in Europe than any other single bomber?
