Most Dangerous Position on a Bomber....?

[bronzewhaler82]

What's the most dangerous position to be in aboard an Allied WW2 bomber on a bombing run...?

 

[cheddar cheese]

tail gunner 8) its not the bomb aimer cos i learned that in a crash the bomb aimer was the safest postion to be in 8)

 

[bronzewhaler82]

Really? I find that odd cos the nose of the bomber was usually largely made of glass and in a crash i would've thought the WORSE place to be (apart from inside the ball turret!) during a crash landing was the nose!

 

[cheddar cheese]

apparenty not, this is just going on lancaster stats but the bloke with the highest survival rate was the bomb aimer 8) i not sure about other planes though

 

[plan_D]

Maybe the bomb aimer was the first to see the aircraft coming straight at them and jumped out...

I don't know the worst place to be, to me, being in the bomber at all would be bad.

 

[cheddar cheese]

to me, being in the bomber at all would be bad.

i hope you arent implying that you dont like bombers? 8)

 

[bronzewhaler82]

Touche 8)

 

[cheddar cheese]

touché? what was the need for that?

 

[plan_D]

I'm not saying bombers are bad because they were very useful planes. I'm saying that I wouldn't want to be in one...unless it was a mossie...

 

[cheddar cheese]

my favourite plane is a bomber, id love to be in it

 

[plan_D]

I'd rather be in the escort...

 

[cheddar cheese]

depends what the escort is.......

 

[plan_D]

Where are we going to bomb?

 

[cheddar cheese]

erm, munich

 

[plan_D]

P-51D...I don't know if any other could reach there...unless we were sending them from France...

 

[cheddar cheese]

unless we were sending them from France

a french escort

 

[plan_D]

You misunderstand me, I mean if we sent them from a French airfield. Just because a Spitfire takes off from France it doesn't make it French.
If we were flying from France, I'd go for the Spitfire Mk V.

 

[cheddar cheese]

i know, it was joke

 

[bronzewhaler82]

touché? what was the need for that?

I was saying that to plan_D but you beat me to it!

 

[bronzewhaler82]

my favourite plane is a bomber, id love to be in it

I bet you wouldn't if you were being shot at by a Spitfire