Wellington v He-111

[the lancaster kicks ass]

Where's the delete button? I cant find it...

sorry my fault, only the mods can delete posts, when you're a mod you can edit or delete other people's posts...................

 

[MichaelHenley]

Anyway, back on the topic... I chose the He-111 because it looked more aerodyanamicthat the Wimpy...

 

[slopes-2]

Ill go for the wimpy as the better plane just because i like the design althuogh the merlin engined variant looked awful

 

[Andrew]

The Wellington was used quite successfully in the Anti Shipping role, attacking convoys with either bombs or torpedoes, although the HE111 was also used successfully in this role, however there were also some Wellingtons, which had been adapted to carry 2 torpedoes, these were used to deliver torpedoes to Malta, but there were couple of occaisions when these Wellingtons, were used to attack an Axis Convoy. dropping both Torpedoes successfully.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i've just finished a book called "The Ship Busters" which is a very good book, in which the torp wimpies are mentioned quite a bit during the part about operations off malta..................

 

[MichaelHenley]

Were the Ships in the Dam that the Dambusters got? Then the Ones that got the dam were Dambusters, and the ones that got the ships were ship busters...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ship busters were people that used torps. or bombs to sink enemy shipping, not ships in dams................

 

[Lightning Guy]

How can you have a ship in a dam? A ship goes it water and a dam is made (typically) of steel and concrete.

 

[lesofprimus]

I think he may be referring to either:

A ship that is in the lake that a dam makes, and is destroyed when the dam blows...

OR...

A ship is parked in front of a dam and the dam blows and the ship is destroyed...

Either one makes ZERO sense to me and I agree with u whole heartedly....

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i though he meant a ship buster to be a person that sinks a ship in the lake made by a dam................

 

[MichaelHenley]

ITS A BAD JOKE!!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

very bad.................

 

[MichaelHenley]

Sorry... It's not meant to be funny, only a play on words.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ah, next time don't let us get this far ................

 

[trackend]

I agree with Toffi the Wellington's design (Barnes Wallis) was what made it an impressive aircraft. The payload was nothing exceptional neither was the performance. but for robustness this plane took some beating.
huge junks of fuslage could be blown away yet this tough plane could maintain its structural integrity. This however was its down fall as this made it a very time consuming plane to build. neither aircraft in your poll (mossi verses lighting) came close to the durability of the Wellington.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

The payload was nothing exceptional neither was the performance

when it was commisioned 4,500lbs was pretty much the best you could get, back then it was huge, and that range, my god!!

 

[Lightning Guy]

I would say that, compared to it's direct contemporaries, the range and payload of the Wellington were very impressive.

 

[MichaelHenley]

I did vote for the He-111, but I must say, it looks funny, being a bomber with the unexposed cowling.

 

[Lightning Guy]

What in the world are you talking about? Unexposed cowling? The cowling is the fitting around the engine.

 

[lesofprimus]

That made no sense....

Could u please post a pic of the "unexposed" cowling ur referring to....