Which aircraft logged the.....

[evangilder]

Did you read the rest of my post, or just stop after the first sentence and respond? I made no mention of raids over France, did I? Not ALL raids over France were uncontested by the Luftwaffe, some were some were not. The record stands as the lowest loss rate of any American bomber for a reason. How you wish to interpret that is up to you.

 

[plan_D]

He tends to misread a lot of posts, evan. I like the B-26, it's part of one the most famous D-Day footage as well...you know the bombing raid one with Marauders? You'll know it if you see it..

 

[evangilder]

Yeah, I think I have seen that. There is also a shot of the beaches taken from the air that I believe was taken by a B-26 crew.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i always link D-Day with the B-26..................

 

[cheddar cheese]

I link it with Mossies and Mustangs, funnily enough

 

[Lightning Guy]

The B-26 played a key part in the airwar, especially against Germany. It was also primarly for the devestation inflicted upon Monte Cassino.

And if anyone thinks the raids against France were unopposed, take a look at the records of the raids against the U-boat bases on the French coast. Or better yet, check out the 2nd B-26 mission over France. All 12 bombers were shot down. Despite that, by the end of the war the B-26 had the lowest loss rate of all American bombers. And it certainly proves that raids over France were very heavily opposed.

 

[evangilder]

I forgot it was involved in the Monte Cassino raid. It was indeed an impoirtant and impressive aircraft.

 

[plan_D]

Don't try and credit anything with the Monte Cassino raid, dumb high command should have never ordered that. The Germans weren't even in the Cathedral until it was bombed, rubble makes good sniper positions.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what bombs did they use on the U-Boat pens?? (if you guys can't see what's coming you really don't know me )

 

[evangilder]

They dropped hand grenades from the waist gun positions.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

wow, no wonder they had to use the greatest bomber of the war (that's the Hampden to you...) with tallboys to finally crack them..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

They dropped hand grenades from the waist gun positions.

Bloody big hand grenades

 

[Gnomey]

They dropped hand grenades from the waist gun positions

Bloody big hand grenades

Would of had to have been with the amount of reinforced concrete in the U-boat pens!

 

[evangilder]

Yeah, you should have seen the guys that tossed them!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Dirty buggers...

No wait, ignore that

Would they chuck a Flashbang down there first to disorientate them?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i still wanna know what bombs they used??

 

[cheddar cheese]

What planes are we talking about here?

 

[evangilder]

Not sure, I will have to look it up when I get home. I think it is in one of my books.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

we're talking about the B-26 against U-boat pens...........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Ah...maybe 1500lbs?