Author Topic: a early b24 and b17 (Read 553 times)

rogerdee · « **on:** February 15, 2008, 04:19:22 PM »

i know we have the later versions but could we have a earlier version of a b24 and a b17.

b24d with the glass nose and a 17 e would be nice.

there would be a nice amount of skins that could be done as well

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2008, 04:56:56 PM »

B-17F was the early version. Earlier B-17s saw very limited action.

Karnak · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2008, 05:02:03 PM »

B-17F would be better, many more Fs were built than Es and they are comparable in capability and service time.

MiloMorai · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2008, 05:28:09 PM »

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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
B-17F was the early version. Earlier B-17s saw very limited action.

What model do you think the 8th used in 1943 and 1944 until the G replaced them?

The Memphis Belle was a B-17F-10-BO (41-24485).

A total of 3405 B-17Fs were built--2300 by Boeing, 605 by Douglas, and 500 by Lockheed-Vega. That is a lot of B-17s sitting around doing almost nothing.

Tarmac · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2008, 05:47:45 PM »

He's saying that versions before the F (E and previous) were the less used ones.

Treize69 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2008, 05:49:09 PM »

Need the greenhouse-nosed B-24 for Ploesti scenarios.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2008, 06:00:05 PM »

B24D and B17F would make the most sense. The E did see limited use early in the ETO on the first few missions, and more use in the early PTO, but the F was there for essentially the same time frame and would provide many more skinning options then the E would

That being said, I'd hope HTC would put the energies into adding or updating other birds before they got around to the 24D and 17F.

MiloMorai · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2008, 06:11:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Tarmac
He's saying that versions before the F (E and previous) were the less used ones.

Ok, makes sense now.

rogerdee · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2008, 02:18:42 AM »

ok i ment f i cant spell and i cant type:p

but you know what i mean lol