"B-29 - Best 4-Engined Bomber of the War!" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 30 Jun 2018 12:14 p.m. PST |
So say y'all: TMP link 2nd place: B-17
3rd place: Avro Lancaster
4th place; B-24 |
Dave Jackson  | 30 Jun 2018 7:21 p.m. PST |
Most expensive project in WWII as well. |
| GROSSMAN | 01 Jul 2018 8:31 a.m. PST |
I would rate the Lancaster above the B-17 myself. |
| Andrew Walters | 01 Jul 2018 9:55 a.m. PST |
Apples and oranges, the B-29 was designed much later than all the others, it was a technological generation later. |
| gamershs | 01 Jul 2018 12:21 p.m. PST |
The Lancaster and B-17 were designed for different roles and to compare them is not reality. If a Lancaster were to be flown on a day mission in the situation that the B-17s were flown they would have suffered many times more casualties then the B-17. The Lancaster was a night bomber with maximum bomb load and minimum protection. |
| Winston Smith | 01 Jul 2018 1:17 p.m. PST |
Did each have 4 engines?
That's the only criterion set up. I voted for the B-17 for the same reasons I would vote for T-34 and/or Sherman as "Best Tank". Numbers, does the job, reliability. (Going over my choice, perhaps the unsung B/24 was a better choice.  ) Have at it.
link Voting for the B-29 is like voting for the Tiger II. |
| Lion in the Stars | 05 Jul 2018 4:53 p.m. PST |
@Winston Smith: Going by that criteria, I'd definitely have to say the B24. More numbers than the B17. Plus, the B24s have air-to-air kills of German bombers! |
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