"The B-17 Flying Fortress debuted exactly 80 years ago" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Aug 2015 10:00 p.m. PST |
— here's its legacy. "On July 28, 1935, the plane that would become the B-17 "Flying Fortress" first took to the skies. Immediately, the plane started breaking records. An icon of World War II, the aircraft gained an ironclad reputation for both its staggering offensive output and its durability and resilience in the heat of battle. "Without the B-17 we may have lost the war," the World War II general Carl Spaatz said…"
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| Great War Ace | 03 Aug 2015 8:59 a.m. PST |
"May have lost the war." That's a stretch, imho. The strategic bombing command overrated the effects of their bombardment. After the war it was learned that Germany produced more aircraft in the last month of the war than any other single month. But the infrastructure of delivery, and more importantly the lack of pilots, and of course fuel/oil, made all of those new warplanes useless. The point is that destroying factories did not destroy production, because it simply got spread around. The B-24 was part of the equation too, don't forget. And medium bombing played a huge role in achieving tactical success on the ground. The war was won on the ground. It was won quicker because of air dominance…. |
| Tango01 | 03 Aug 2015 10:38 a.m. PST |
Agree. Even that… and important plane of WW2. Amicalement
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