Bob Blakely wrote: > From: http://www.warbirdalley.com/ > > B-17G, 17,600 pounds of bombs. > Lancaster Mk I, Fourteen 1,000 pound bombs. > B-24, 12,800 lb. maximum bomb load > > Bomb load could be traded for ceiling and/or range with all these. For > example, B-17 typically flew with 6000 pounds of bombs to gain range and > altitude. On a clear day, the B-17 could be quite accurate from 30,000 ft. > > Gotta compare them operating under the same conditions. > > Regards, > Bob...
Neither the B-17 nor the B-24 ever operated with bombloads greater than 8000lbs, their max loads were very theoretical. The Lancaster B1 Special dropped 41 22,000lb bombs during operational missions in 1945. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
