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The thread said best bomber - I think if you want to get specific then break it up into light, medium and heavy. In either case I think if you did that and went for the best over-all bomber the B-29 still takes it.
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Yes it helps, just like the tactical bombers helps as you say in the next line, exactly my point.And thats 4 months that it was not putting out maximum production. That helps.
Dont take me wrong I do not want to take away from the medium bombers. I think that they made a major effort to the war in the use of tactical bombing.
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Marcel has a valid point; to be able to truly discover what was the best you should see which was the best at doing their job - not every other job in the war. Meaning, a tactical bomber could have been better at doing its job than the B-29 was at doing its job - otherwise you're comparing two different aircraft doing two different jobs (just dropping bombs was a strategic bombers job description, not the same for a tactical bomber).
Yes, that's exacly what I'm saying. You can't go for the best overal bomber as there is none. It's like saying that a car is the best transportation in the world. It is as long as you don't want to travel 8000 km or just going upstairs for that matterThe thread said best bomber - I think if you want to get specific then break it up into light, medium and heavy. In either case I think if you did that and went for the best over-all bomber the B-29 still takes it.
Yes and I already agreed. I think the biggest impact that the heavy bombers made in ETO was destroying the romenian oilfields. It hampered the german war machinery. I never claimed the heavy bombing did not help but to say that heavy bombers alone did alter the course of war is a bit too far. A groundwar was still needed and there tactical bombers did their share. War couldn't be won without the one nor the other. The machines, especially the B29 were very good in their role, but so were some of the medium bombers in theirs. And all nescessary. Midway clearly showed that light divebombers could make as much impact on a war as heavy bombers, that's my point.Marcel, the attacks on the German petro industry was extremely damaging to their economy. The fact the LW commited so many resources to protect it is an indixation how sensitive they viewed the matter.
Only the heavy bombers could attack them.
The Romanian oilfields were not put out of action til the Soviets captured them in Aug 1944.I think the biggest impact that the heavy bombers made in ETO was destroying the romenian oilfields. It hampered the german war machinery.
A B-24 is hardly a match for a Lanc as the B-24 needed more crew than the Lanc and that the Lanc could carry a bigger bomb load to Berlin from Britain than the B-24.
And the Lib took bigger bombloads to Rabual Rangoon and numerous other places in the CBI and PTO and the Lib sank more subs then the Lanc and the Lib had the advantage of 2 pilotsA B-24 is hardly a match for a Lanc as the B-24 needed more crew than the Lanc and that the Lanc could carry a bigger bomb load to Berlin from Britain than the B-24.
A B-24 is hardly a match for a Lanc as the B-24 needed more crew than the Lanc and that the Lanc could carry a bigger bomb load to Berlin from Britain than the B-24.
personally the lancaster hands down (in the role of a heavy anyway) The B17 in my opinion gets nailed because it was a flying fortress and not a bomber.
The B 24 is nice but it has already pointed out why the Lanc was superior.
The B 29 did not see enough service sure it nuked Japan but that is quite differn't to going through germany for over 3 years dropping bombs while getting shot down by aircraft and flak.
So did the Lanc
And the Lib took bigger bombloads to Rabual Rangoon and numerous other places in the CBI and PTO and the Lib sank more subs then the Lanc and the Lib had the advantage of 2 pilots
So did the Lanc
So did the Lanc what? Have the most advanced defensive fire control system in the world at that time? No. Carry the same bomb load at the same distances as the B-29? No. Fly the durations the B-29 had to do doing its bombing of Germany? No. Shall I keep going?So did the Lanc