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United · « **Reply #30 on:** January 11, 2004, 04:46:45 PM »

Hehe, that would solve a lot!

HoHun · « **Reply #31 on:** January 11, 2004, 08:23:13 PM »

Hi Halo,

>The B-24 was in a later WarBirds version, wasn't it? Easier to down than the B-17, if I recall correctly, which apparently was the case in real life too.

Not at all. The B-24 was a bit tougher than the B-17 according to the ETO loss statistics, though not by much.

The area where the B-17 excelled and the B-24 lost out were handling characteristics.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

J318 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 12, 2004, 07:52:30 AM »

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Originally posted by frank3
Agree with the Mitchell, kingfisher, sunderland, Liberator but if you choose the Catalina we'll need more seaboats/planes

The sunderland was a seaplane lol

Halo · « **Reply #33 on:** January 12, 2004, 10:28:26 AM »

Hi HoHun,

>The B-24 was a bit tougher than the B-17 according to the ETO loss statistics, though not by much. <

That surprises me. Guess I've seen too many pictures of Liberators going down with wing folded up in flames from ack hit.

Or maybe it was just the name Flying Fortress? The B-17 and P-47 seem to have the best punishment absorption storires.

HoHun · « **Reply #34 on:** January 12, 2004, 12:28:43 PM »

Hi Halo,

>That surprises me. Guess I've seen too many pictures of Liberators going down with wing folded up in flames from ack hit.

I was surprised, too :-)

It was common wisdom among Luftwaffe pilots that the B-24 was much easier to kill than the B-17. I could speculate that's because the B-24 went down in a ball of flames while the B-17 just lost height until it hit the ground, but whatever caused the Luftwaffe's misconception - the B-24 was tougher than the B-17!

>Or maybe it was just the name Flying Fortress? The B-17 and P-47 seem to have the best punishment absorption storires.

On the Navy side, there's a similar effect with the "Grumman Ironworks" planes and the great R-2800. If you look at the statistics, the one plane that really could take ack hits and keep flying was the harmless-looking Douglas SBD with its little R-1820 :-)

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

-tronski- · « **Reply #35 on:** January 12, 2004, 08:17:37 PM »

B-25
Me-410
B-24
T-34
Sherman
P-39Q
Halifax III
Il-10
Pe-2
Cant.Z
Meteor Mk1

...but mostly:

Beaufighter mk21

Tronsky

(oh and the Brewster Buffalo to make the bad men stop!)