From: "Bob Blakely" > 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.
Why? They didn't operate under the same conditions. The Brits mostly flew the Lancaster on medium altitude night raids and the Yanks flew the B-17 as a high altitude day bomber. -- 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.
