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Offline Wmaker

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Re: Avro Manchester...............
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2012, 10:48:30 PM »
6 re-models of current in game bombers (Lancs, B26's, B24's, etc)   :D

B-24, while one of the earliest AH2 models, is already done in AHII standard.
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Offline Fish42

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Re: Avro Manchester...............
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2012, 03:07:56 AM »
I believe the Stirling was the mainstay, stand to be corrected though

I thought the Vickers Wellington was the backbone of Bomber Command up until about late 42.

From wiki I know, but...
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participated in the first night raid on Berlin on 25 August 1940. In the first 1,000-aircraft raid on Cologne, on 30 May 1942, 599 out of 1,046 aircraft were Wellingtons (101 of them were flown by Polish aircrew).
 
With Bomber Command, Wellingtons flew 47,409 operations, dropped 41,823 tons (37,941 tonnes) of bombs and lost 1,332 aircraft in action.

Offline MiloMorai

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« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2012, 07:24:06 AM »
Bomber Command Operational Statistics

http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_stats.htm

FTJR, your Wellington numbers agree with those in the above link.

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« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2012, 08:42:24 AM »
Wellington was the main bomber in Burma, I think the normal loadout was 8x 500lbs.
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« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2012, 10:12:52 AM »
Thanks for the link MiloMorai, this has all the types

http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_stats5.htm
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« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2012, 11:55:08 AM »
Yes, Wellington was the backbone until supplanted by the Lancaster.  The Sterling was expected to be the backbone, but that didn't work out due to deficiencies of the Sterling.

By a very large margin the Wellington is the most needed British bomber waiting to be added.
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« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2012, 04:42:45 PM »
Wellington was the main bomber in Burma, I think the normal loadout was 8x 500lbs.

Many many many missions were done using 250 lb bombs.  Weight and range were huge factors in the PTO.  Just for comparisons sake: my grandfather's B24D never saw 1000lb bombs.  According to his logs they were split between most 250 and 500 lb bombs, with a couple of missions using 100lb bombs.  Seems if he was ship hunting there were 250lb bombs and if they were bombing Japanese positions (mostly airfields) they used 500lb bombs.  The 2000ft bombing alt mission they used the 100lb bombs on a Japanese airfield.  I should really scan in his records and share this stuff, his logs and notes are amazing to read. 
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