Oldest Bomber in WWII?

vikingBerserker · Oct 18, 2009

Maybe we should define the criteria a little more. Do we base it on when it first flew or when it went into service as the basis of age?

Vincenzo · Oct 18, 2009

parsifal said:
The aircraft were on strength at the time of invasion but offered no resistance to the invading allied forces .

Here are a couple of links to sites that I know of that may be of some assistance

The Armed Forces of WWII ( Near East ).

List of Iranian Air Force aircraft: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article

I also used Ellis's Statistical Reference to get some idea of what was available

i know they have it but the trouble was i understand "used" as used in operation.

GrauGeist · Oct 18, 2009

vikingBerserker said:
Maybe we should define the criteria a little more. Do we base it on when it first flew or when it went into service as the basis of age?

I think that the clock starts ticking from it's first flight. When it goes into service is a matter of delivery, any changes made by the buyer, country getting over-run by an enemy and so on...those situations can disproportionately skew an aircraft's sevice timeline.

And I totally forgot about the Vildebeast...good stuff guys, we're finding some really old stuff here!

Negative Creep · Oct 18, 2009

Vickers Wellesy was pretty pensionable by 1939 as well

Shortround6 · Oct 18, 2009

Negative Creep said:
Vickers Wellesy was pretty pensionable by 1939 as well

Only 6 months older than the Hurricane, it just didn't age as well

parsifal · Oct 18, 2009

Vincenzo said:
i know they have it but the trouble was i understand "used" as used in operation.

They were not used in combat, but that was a function of the decisions made by their owners, not a function of the aircraft themselves.

After the surrender of Iran, the aircraft w3ere shipped to India, and used as trainers I believe

Altea · Oct 19, 2009

The TB-1 was older, and used for transportation duties until 1947. Some of them flying in the front vicinity, were rearmed.
Until 1945 there were some Polikarpov R-5 ( 1928 ) in the VVS inventory and thousands of Po-2 (1927) night bombers!!!

Oldest Bomber in WWII?

More options

vikingBerserker

Lieutenant General

Vincenzo

Senior Master Sergeant

GrauGeist

Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung

Negative Creep

Staff Sergeant

Shortround6

Major General

parsifal

Colonel

Altea

Banned

Users who are viewing this thread

Similar threads