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plan_D said:The only reason the .303 was piss poor in the ETO is 'cos the German planes could take the damage on the chin and still come roaring at you to ram a 30mm up your arse, and spit on you as you fall to the deck.
pbfoot said:The B24 had one advantage over every other bomber in WW2 and that was the fact you would find it easier to deploy the 24 world wide because the spares and infrastructure were in every theatre of operations
wmaxt said:Remember to, the bombers had effective fighter escort almost from the first in the PTO.
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syscom3 said:wmaxt said:Remember to, the bombers had effective fighter escort almost from the first in the PTO.
wmaxt
The bombers had little if any escort at all, untill the P38's and F4U's came about.
Remember the ranges needed to fly in the PTO. 500 - 1000 mile missions were the norm.