FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
100% correct! Folks tend to read aircraft specs gained from second hand sources and assume the aircraft can deliver best speed, altitude, range and payload all the time.
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100% correct! Folks tend to read aircraft specs gained from second hand sources and assume the aircraft can deliver best speed, altitude, range and payload all the time.Is the comparison of the Mosquito v. B-17 a separate thread or part of a thread derailment? I was about to look it up but, again, I hit the reply button.
There's a lot of good information there about why the Mosquito couldn't replace the B-17. Some of that information is probably applicable to the P-47.
and could land and take off again with full battle load. All in a jiffy. Yes the b-17 was worthless. ohhh wait.. stupid facts.I didnt realise it could carry a B-17, that's quite a payload.
Yeah, that one was beat to death almost as bad at the Groundhog thread!Found it.
"What if America built DeHaviland Mosquitoes instead of B-17 Flying Fortresses?"
And with regards to time, specs are always quoted for the later versions. The first P-47s to arrive in UK werent going to drop bombs anywhere in Germany, they could just to say escort B-17s to the German border.100% correct! Folks tend to read aircraft specs gained from second hand sources and assume the aircraft can deliver best speed, altitude, range and payload all the time.
Cant. Fact. The expert said so.Yeah, that one was beat to death almost as bad at the Groundhog thread!
A mosquito could do all that from a carrier, then send you a stereoscopic photo. FACT!and could land and take off again with full battle load. All in a jiffy. Yes the b-17 was worthless. ohhh wait.. stupid facts.
However if you change the discussion to ... "Why didnt the British make lots of Mosquitos instead of Short Stirlings" it would be a short discussion, because they did. The Stirling was useless and so phased out before it was phased in. The reason is simple, the B-17 was a good aircraft and those in charge werent fools, the Stirling was a heavy bomber, it was just heavy, no other redeeming feature and that was quickly noted by those in charge.Yeah, I remember that guy in the Mossie versus B-17 thread - aparently the Allies wasted all that money and time on B-17s and Lancs when a Mossie could pack a 4,000 pound load all the way to Berlin and put it in the Reichs Chancellery's mailbox...
the Stirling was a heavy bomber, it was just heavy, no other redeeming feature and that was quickly noted by those in charge.
...it was just heavy,
You have some weird friends but ok.What if we had B-29s dropping Mosquitoes, which dropped P-47s, which dropped parafrags?
Asking for a friend.