B-29 Super Fortress

[Lye-El]

Introduce the B-29 with formations, it shouldn’t cost a stupid amount of perks either. At the end of the day it’s still a bomber and as such, liable of being totally owned by the smaller and more moveable fighters.

If flown like a lancstuka.

[flight17]

i would love the b-29, currently i only fly the b-17 because i dont like the others. the B-29 isnt that much bigger than the lancaster... dont need nucs, heck, i would settle for it as a normal bomber, that has a payload of 17k (not even its max) of bombs and with all the guns installed. It could be a perk, but a low costing one. and allow formations...

[Nemisis]

Flight17, you might as well ask for the sun....or actually, ask for tinted windows or sun glasses, the glare kinda cheezes me off when some one shoots me down by flying with it behind them. But the point is if you want a B29 with 17k of bombs and all those guns, I personly would like it two, then the perking is liable to be in the area of the Me 262. Besides if you plink hangers with the B17 then you might want to be doing that with the B24 if you don't mind getting shot down once you drop, it has 8,000 lb of bombs which means if you set salvo to 2 instead of 3, which is still capable of landing enough hits on a hanger, you can down 4 instead of 3. if you are using it to plaster towns then try the Ju88, it is bette for area coverage in my oppinion.

[ScottyK]

LOL u hate people using smart tactics when shooting your bombers NEM?

[flight17]

Flight17, you might as well ask for the sun....or actually, ask for tinted windows or sun glasses, the glare kinda cheezes me off when some one shoots me down by flying with it behind them. But the point is if you want a B29 with 17k of bombs and all those guns, I personly would like it two, then the perking is liable to be in the area of the Me 262. Besides if you plink hangers with the B17 then you might want to be doing that with the B24 if you don't mind getting shot down once you drop, it has 8,000 lb of bombs which means if you set salvo to 2 instead of 3, which is still capable of landing enough hits on a hanger, you can down 4 instead of 3. if you are using it to plaster towns then try the Ju88, it is bette for area coverage in my oppinion.

dont really care for the 24... only fly it in the missions which really need me too... just the the 17's better... i can take out a whole town with the 17's with the 500 pounders. i dont carpet bomb cities (use to) but i carefully bomb it... and normally i dont die after i bomb only when im jumped by 3 or more... hell ill miss a bombing run to take people out then just come back around for bombing... when i first started in the ma, i didnt like the fighters, so i would take up 17's and use them as gunships (which is very fun btw) so i got pretty good at gunnery... i have a vid of me shooting down a 262 and 163 in the same mission...

[Castle51]

Yeah, I use to be a die hard B-24 pilot until I started flying 17s and found out they had a higher ceiling (28k vs 35k) and I use every foot of that altitude.  I am one of the pilots who has the patience for a two and a half hour flight just so I can drop at 34k, then laugh at the people who will spend another hour trying to chase down three EMPTY bombers just to either never make it to that altitude or get shot down by me.

[Castle51]

Here is a rough template for some of the specs that the B-29 should have (in my opinion) if it were introduced into AH.


     PERFORMANCE

Max Speed: 360 mph

Max Fuel and Range(100%): 225 minutes and roughly 750 miles in the MA
 
Service Ceiling: 35,000 ft

Rate of Climb: 900 ft/min Loaded,  1450 ft/min Unloaded

        LOADOUT OPTIONS

Bombs:  500lbs x 40
             1000lbs x 20
             2000lbs x 10
             4000lbs x 5
          (NO NUKES!!!!!!)

Guns:  .50 x 12 w/ 1750 rpg and 20mm Hispano w/ 750 rpg

         IN GAME STATUS

Single Bomber: 125 points
Formation:  375

ENY Value: 10




I also think with this bomber should come a few new updates for all bombers in AH like on board radar for the B-29 or any other aircraft that was equipped with radar back then, Manual calibration of all defensive machine gun turrets in flight and last but definitely not least, operational Fire Bottles to put out the damn engine fires.

 
 

[Rich46yo]

How can you have a plane perked 125 and eny of 10?

But if not the B-29 then how about

[AWwrgwy]

How can you have a plane perked 125 and eny of 10?

But if not the B-29 then how about (Image removed from quote.)

Because 3 saw combat?






wrongway

[Pannono]

What about the Tu-4 with American markings? 

[Nemisis]

ScottyK don't you tell me you are happy to have people shoot you down or I'll try to sic 999000 on you . flight17 you sound like a smart guy, so if I have this strait then you bomb town and try to precisely bomb them like hangers, (muttered) ya and some people say I'm stupid. But If you are bombing hangers I still stand by what I said.

[Rich46yo]

Because 3 saw combat?


(Image removed from quote.)



wrongway

I thought there was a squadron and they all went on missions.

[Strip]

    You can hit hangars above 33,000 feet all day and I can post film doing so. I could do it at 40k without problems too if I could get the plane that high. We are talking same ordnance dropped as someone lower too. Just line your bomb run up early and dont make many movements. Bomb dispersion isnt an issue but just add 5 mph wind above 30k. You wouldnt hit a town that high unless you are very good.

Edit: B-17@40k with 500lbers salvo 3 and took out single fighter hangar. Had to burn every ounce of fuel out and drop all but 3 bombs to maintain that alt. Used wind to get there faster but you guys are talking bomb dispersion so it shouldnt matter. Stock MA settings......

<S> Strip

[AWwrgwy]

I thought there was a squadron and they all went on missions.

Either:

One Squadron, the 386th Bomb Squadron, 312th Bomb Group, 5th Air Force got 3 of them and flew 6 missions before the end of the war.

or

B-32 COMBAT HISTORY
From "Flying Terminated Inventory", Stephen Harding, Wings, April 1993

"An August 1944 directive from the USAAF had required that a combat test be carried out before the B-32 could be introduced into service. However, the AAFPGC agency opposed both a combat test and general service introduction of the B-32, so it seemed that the Dominator would be consigned to operational limbo indefinitely. In the meantime, Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney, the commander of the Far East Air Forces, had been anxious to get B-29s but his requests had always been turned down on the grounds that the B-29s were urgently needed elsewhere. As an alternative, General Kenney started requesting B-32s instead. On March 27, General Arnold approved Kenney's request and authorized a comprehensive Dominator combat test.

Col. Frank R. Cook was appointed commander of the test detachment. Three B-32s were chosen for the combat test (42-108529, -108531 and -108532). -108531 was damaged in an accident before leaving Fort Worth, and was replaced by 42-108528. -108528 was in rather bad shape, since it had been used as a test machine at Fort Worth. The first two arrived on Luzon on May 24, with the recalcitrant -108528 not arriving until the next day. The test was to be carried out under the auspices of the 5th Bomber Command, with the 316th Bombardment Squadron of the 312th Bombardment Group as the host unit. If things worked out well, the A-20s which equipped the 312th would be replaced by B-32s.

The first combat mission took place on May 29, 1945. It was a strike against a Japanese supply depot in Luzon's Cayagan Valley. All three of the Dominators were to take part, but -108528 aborted on takeoff. The other two proceeded to the target. Unopposed bombing runs were made from an altitude of 10,000 feet, and both aircraft returned without incident. This raid was followed by a series of attacks on Japanese targets in the Philippines, in Formosa, and on Hainan Island in the Tonkin Gulf. The only opposition encountered during these missions was some rather inaccurate flak. The tests were deemed a success, and plans were made to convert the entire 386th Bombardment Squadron to B-32s. The 312th BG was scheduled to move to Okinawa as soon as the 386th conversion was completed.

Following the dropping of the atomic bombs, in August of 1945, the unit was ordered to move to Okinawa before the conversion could be carried out. Six more B-32s joined the squadron on Okinawa a few days later. Combat operations continued in spite of the de-facto cease-fire that had been called following the bombing of Nagasaki. During this time, the B-32s flew mainly photographic reconnaissance missions, most of which were unopposed. However, on August 17 a group of 4 B-32s flying over Tokyo were fired on by radar-directed flak and were attacked by Japanese fighters. The American aircraft escaped with only minor damage, claiming one confirmed fighter kill and two probables. During a reconnaissance mission over Tokyo on August 18, 42-108532 and 42-108578 were attacked by Japanese fighters. The American gunners claimed two kills and one probable, but -108578 was badly shot up and one of her crew was killed with two being injured. This was to prove to be the last combat action of World War 2.

The last Dominator mission of the war was flown by four B-32s on August 28 in a reconnaissance mission to Tokyo. The mission was a disaster, although not because of any enemy action. 42-108544 lost an engine on takeoff and skidded off the runway. All 13 men aboard perished when the aircraft exploded and burned. On the way back from the target, 42-108528 lost power on two of its four engines. The plane's pilot ordered the crew to bail out, but two men perished."

wrongway

[Ack-Ack]

How can you have a plane perked 125 and eny of 10?

But if not the B-29 then how about (Image removed from quote.)

LOL B-32 was utter crap of a bomber.


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