Most Dangerous Position on a Bomber....?

[Lightning Guy]

I've mentioned the reason several times. It was ineffective, small field of fire and even smaller field of vision, and sighting guns through a periscope never worked.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

exactily, it could only go 100 degrees each way and had 500 rpg...........

 

[Lightning Guy]

I've seen 750rpg. Anyway, it wasn't a very good design so the Brits yanked it.

 

[plan_D]

Any extra weight makes a difference, so adding that to your reasons, the RAF had every reason to not fit it.
Also I wasn't only thinking of the extra weight from the crew member, I was thinking of the extra life lost when the thing goes down.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

when the thing goes down.

can we bit a bit more optimistic and say if???

 

[plan_D]

I was expecting that, ok we'll say if.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

wy were you expecting it ............

 

[MP-Willow]

Yes because bomber Comand and the 8th were loosing a lot
I love the B-24, but am not ashamed to say that they did go down and that crews were fighting un uphill battle to make the 35 missions to get home. If the air core only saw the value of the long rage escourts sooner, the P-38 was ready willing and very able.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i just whached a documentary on UKTV History saying you had a 1/3 chance of completeing your tour of operations in RAF Bomber command............

 

[cheddar cheese]

channel 5 tonight, 9:00pm, watch it... i shall give no more info

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ok, looks like it's down to me, there's a show called "Fighter Plane Dig... Live", they're trying to dig up a hurricane that rammed a german bomber heading for buckingham palace..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

yes and it sounds good cos ive seen a review of it 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes, and we all know how reliable they are.................

 

[plan_D]

I didn't watch it, I watched Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

B-17 crews said that there was more chance of surviving the whole war than the first 5 missions. For simpletons, they were saying if you survived the first five missions, you are likely to survive the whole war. Which wasn't true but it shows how many were lost inside of their first five.
After your first five, you were no longer a rookie crew.

 

[Lightning Guy]

I have a B-17 sim that mentions that after you complete you first five missions. MP-Willow, I the problem with using the P-38 as a long range escort sooner is that the P-38 was THE fighter for the Med. and every P-38 that would be spared was being rushed to North Africa. The remaining few were slowly trickling into the Pacific. As it was, the 8th never had more that 4 groups equipped with the P-38.

 

[plan_D]

'The Mighty 8th' I have that game, somewhere. I never played it much, I don't know why, I loved the original. I read that in a B-17 book my brother has...maybe I should dig the game up and get playing.

 

[plan_D]

'The Mighty 8th' I heard it on there. I also read something along those lines in a book my brother has about B-17s. That's a great game.

 

[cheddar cheese]

the programme was good 8) a lot of the information was incorrect, but the actual point of the programme was very good.

 

[Lightning Guy]

I've been impressed with the game. Although I think people get wounded far too often. I know the daylight bombing raids were extremely dangerous but I don't think I've ever flown a mission that I did have at least 3 people get injured.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

C.C., can you give some of this "incorrect" information..................