Author Topic: Memphis Belle (Read 1138 times)

Ball · « **Reply #15 on:** November 09, 2006, 02:26:29 AM »

B17F will be caught, a Mosquito B.35 won't tho

IIRC could go 435 mph at 40+k and could carry the 4k cookie. Lowest loss rate of any (allied?) bomber of the second world war.

Reynolds · « **Reply #16 on:** November 09, 2006, 07:28:37 PM »

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Originally posted by Ball
B17F will be caught, a Mosquito B.35 won't tho

IIRC could go 435 mph at 40+k and could carry the 4k cookie. Lowest loss rate of any (allied?) bomber of the second world war.

That is one pretty plane...

VooWho · « **Reply #17 on:** November 14, 2006, 03:18:17 PM »

That version of the Mossy would be nice. Fast and has no guns, make its fun to fly in combat. How about a B-17D? weren't those used by the british, and the Americans in the Pacific and Alaskan Islands?

Reynolds · « **Reply #18 on:** November 14, 2006, 06:52:31 PM »

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Originally posted by VooWho
That version of the Mossy would be nice. Fast and has no guns, make its fun to fly in combat. How about a B-17D? weren't those used by the british, and the Americans in the Pacific and Alaskan Islands?

Not to my knowledge. I know the british opperated B-17Cs as Fortress Is, but that was all. The british rejected the B-17 because they did not like what they got in the Cs, and I dont know anything about the D atall, but im sure there must be one between the C and the E, but the british did not fly them, I beleive.