Author Topic: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (Read 1054 times)

OOZ662 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 25, 2006, 02:51:14 AM »

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Originally posted by Neubob
Okay, sure, but why have it on a fixed mount? How much more effort would it have taken to allow it to swivle--verses how much more useful the swiveling would have made it? Unless you're planning to dogfight or strafe airfields with that winged Redwood tree, it seems like a waste of a machine gun.

I'm pretty sure this JU88 is an attempt at smashing all of the variants together. One role of the JU88 was as a night fighter, which had the fixed gun. Another didn't have the internal bomb load; that's why if you take the little bombs out, the bomb doors won't open (like the mossie). It's because you're in effect flying a "different" plane, except with the same flight characteristics.

Krusty · « **Reply #16 on:** June 25, 2006, 11:15:34 AM »

We're not discussing the Ju88. And I don't believe your theory is correct. That's another topic, though.

Greebo · « **Reply #17 on:** June 25, 2006, 02:21:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
Who says the Wellington was "the best"?? It was terrible!

All I said was, it was the best of out of the three early RAF mediums. I also said it would not be much good in the MA.

Krusty · « **Reply #18 on:** June 25, 2006, 02:28:49 PM »

Don't mind me, Greebo

Karnak · « **Reply #19 on:** June 26, 2006, 10:21:35 AM »

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Originally posted by OOZ662
I'm pretty sure this JU88 is an attempt at smashing all of the variants together. One role of the JU88 was as a night fighter, which had the fixed gun. Another didn't have the internal bomb load; that's why if you take the little bombs out, the bomb doors won't open (like the mossie). It's because you're in effect flying a "different" plane, except with the same flight characteristics.

The Ju88A-4 in AH predates the Ju88's having been pressed into service as a night fighter. The Ju88 was designed as a medium bomber and as a dive bomber, not as a fighter.