Best Bomber

[plan_D]

Very true, but the thing is about the Korean war is that the B-29s were soon made obselete by the Mig-15, very soon.
No one would copy the British bombers since they were early war designs and lasted the whole War, and afterwards of course they'd be out-dated. The B-29 was late war and of course would last a few years afterwards, although, as I said it was soon made obselete by the Mig-15s.

The Russian copy, the Tu-4 'Bull' was exactly the same, copied off crashed B-29s in Sibera, the only change was 23mm cannons instead of 12.7mm guns. This isn't really that great of an achievement, to have a design copied because the Russians would of copied the only thing they had avaliable, they needed a new heavy bomber.

 

[ahanswurst]

The Mig 15 was a great aircraft but the F-86 had more experienced pilots. If there had not been so many politics to keep the F-86 from following the Mig-15's to their bases. The F-86's would have cleaned the clocks of the Mig 15's. The B-29's had bombed most of their targets in Korea into the stone age and as a result they did not have a mission. If Truman had given General McArthur permission to win the war. We would have taken care of the "problem in China" and who knows maybe the USSR would not have been a major power like they turned out to be. General McArthur had the right idea but....

 

[kiwimac]

I am sorry chaps. The single best bomber of WW2 was the JU88.

Why? Because I said so!

Kiwimac

 

[cheddar cheese]

no no, the P.108 WOULD have been the best had it been given a chance, but i say the best plane on that list is the b-29 8)

 

[kiwimac]

Please note,

I have finally worked out how to put a graphic in my signature. Damn I'm slow sometimes!

Kiwimac

 

[cheddar cheese]

should have just asked someone

 

[bronzewhaler82]

The best bomber of WW2 was the DH Mosquito - the B-17 was a crap plane compared to the Mossie 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

best bomber, the lancaster easily......................

 

[brad]

lancaster all the way if it had some more time itwould have killed berlin.

 

[plan_D]

I'd have to say the B-29 because it was, but it was a newer design than the Lanc. The Lanc was a lasting design and very good, but the B-29 was just better.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

didn't have the same appeal though did it................

 

[cheddar cheese]

yeah the b-29 easily tops that list for me

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it's very close between the two................

 

[brad]

wow some one vated for the do 47

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

some-one voted for it too..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

no someone voted for the do-17 8) (just to clear up all the typos )

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

joke's on you, in correcting our "typos", you made one yourself, it was the Do-17, not the do-17...............

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

joke's on you, in correcting our "typos", you made one yourself, it was the Do-17, not the do-17...............

a correctiong error is not a typo if the word in question is spelled correctly so in other words, it can be do-17 because its the same letters and same plane!!!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

that's not we get tought here in England, we get taught english english, you get taught american english.................

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

you dont get "tought" English English, you get taught English English