Avro Manchester

[Phoenix3107]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Manchester

Though not as much as her sister Lancaster, she could still be very useful I believe.

[Rich46yo]

Useful for what? It was probably the worst Allied mass produced bomber of the war.

[Phoenix3107]

Useful for what? It was probably the worst Allied mass produced bomber of the war.

Target Practice. What else?

[Volron]

I'd fly it!  It's got that sexy twin tail thing going!

[Phoenix3107]

I'd fly it!  It's got that sexy twin tail thing going!

That it does.

[Karnak]

The British bomber we need is Wellington.

[Volron]

The British bomber we need is Wellington.

Why not add both.

[Karnak]

Why not add both.

HTC resources are limited.

[Volron]

HTC resources are limited.

I didn't say both at once. lol

[shake307]

Beaufighter

[Phoenix3107]

Beaufighter

What about it?

[XxDaSTaRxx]

Beaufighter

shouldn't be added. Me thinks we need a YB-40 instead.

[Bino]

Interesting.  The RAF experimented with the the Rolls-Royce Vulture 24-cylinder X-block engine (two Rolls-Royce Peregrine V-12 cylinder blocks) on the Manchester early in the war, and gave up on it.

The LW tried a very similar thing with the the Daimler-Benz DB 606 "power system" (a pair of DB 601 inverted V-12 engines side by side) on the He-177 about mid-way through the war, ran into several big problems, but kept on trying. Probably for too long.

And then... turbines.  So post-war, all the largest of the huge recip engines died off pretty quickly, replaced by turbojets and turboprops.

[Guppy35]

shouldn't be added. Me thinks we need a YB-40 instead.

Hmm YB-40. Complete failure and withdrawn from combat vs Beaufighter that served successfully in every theater of the war from 40-45.

Remind me not to take your advice on anything as your logic seems off

[Volron]

Hmm YB-40. Complete failure and withdrawn from combat vs Beaufighter that served successfully in every theater of the war from 40-45.

Remind me not to take your advice on anything as your logic seems off