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bronzewhaler82
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MP-Willow said:But the B-24s ball turret was the worst place. One would have to be crazzy to get into a plastic ball .
No that would not be the "A crappy Bomber"! The ball was a metal frame but did need to let the gunner be able to fire and see it. I think that the B-24 was the Besdt bomber available until it was surpassed by the B-29 and even then the Liberators did a lot of work and sufferd much for that big silver monster. The libs were used everywhere for almost every thing!!bronzewhaler82 said:MP-Willow said:But the B-24s ball turret was the worst place. One would have to be crazzy to get into a plastic ball .
Why exclusively the B-24s turret?Is that because it was such a crappy bomber?
and i don't mean to nit pick (well, I DO actually 8) ) but wasn't the turret exclusively made of metal rather than plastic? 8)
But my love of the B-24 is not as strong as your love for the Lancaster! What Modle do you like the best?
Lanc, Why?
bronzewhaler82 said:No you can't, but you can boast the B-17 had a few advantages over the Lancaster...those namly being higher ceiling (19,000 vs 35,000) speed (287 vs 302), range (1,730 vs 2000) and defensive firepower (8 vs 13)
To be honest i don't think you could say the Lancaster was a better bomber....it may have had a bigger bomb-load but basically thats the only real advantage...I hate to say it because i'm a very proud Englishman and theres no doubt in my mind that without the Lancaster we wouldn't have won the war but i don't really think you could claim the Lanc was better....I hope this doesn't effect our friendship...
GermansRGeniuses said:hmmmmmm lets consider two things, one is that the B-17 flew at daytime making it prey for faster fighters that can actually SEE their target and not have to rely on (excellent) German radar (that you brits copied), and two, it had 10 crew unlike the 5 of the lanc so half losses could be the same as the lanc but then again, it was a better plane so it didnt have to worry about hiding itslef in the nighttime...