Author Topic: I want a b24 liberator (Read 673 times)

Citabria · « **on:** April 17, 2002, 02:26:14 PM »

how much in bribes will this take to get added?

Airscrew · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2002, 02:30:13 PM »

AirScrew jumps on the B24 bandwagon, lets go guys.
*mutters under his breath, B25, A26, P61*

Yea, we need the B24

Wotan · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2002, 02:52:57 PM »

b25 would be better. wait till buff model is revamped then b24 would be great. no new 4 eng waste of times until then

jpeg · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2002, 03:14:54 PM »

I'd rather have them work on the b29 as a small perk bomber.

muckmaw · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2002, 03:36:36 PM »

I second JPEG's request.

I actually have a client who was a B-24 Libertaor Pilot in Europe during WWII

When I found this out, I immediately took him to lunch to pick his brain.

He said none of his gunners ever got a kill, and the worst part of flying a mission was always the Flak.

My Grand-Father-in-law was also a B-24 pilot, but he passed away years ago so I never found out much about him.

majic · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2002, 03:38:11 PM »

I'm thinkin' the Mitchell would be nice...

gofaster · « **Reply #6 on:** April 17, 2002, 03:45:39 PM »

My stepdad was a ball turret gunner in Liberators. He said the scariest part of the trip was the low-level strafing runs jumping the hedgerows of Europe. Seems to me that would be one heckuva adrenaline rush!

Wmaker · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2002, 03:48:38 PM »

No, we don't need B-24 right now.

VWE001 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 17, 2002, 03:51:23 PM »

You want a B-24? Jump into the B-17 and imagine your in a B-24. You want a B-25? Jump into a B-26 and only use 75% throttle. Who else need help with an I wanna?!

majic · « **Reply #9 on:** April 17, 2002, 03:54:16 PM »

How would you suggest I imagine a B-29?

Udie · « **Reply #10 on:** April 17, 2002, 04:08:39 PM »

HT,

I'll buy you 2 bottles of you're favorite Scotch and 2 bottles of what Pyro likes for a b25H w/ that lovely 75mm gun in the nose

Im deadly serious too!

VWE001 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 17, 2002, 04:12:03 PM »

Well, this is a little more tricky but seeing as we only have 1 aircraft with 4 engines... take the B-17 up to 30k+ and on your way up have someone shoot off one of your ailerons. Now fly around in circles over an enemy base and listen to all the whines. You could even enhance your fantasy by over laying a cut out of the B-29 greenhouse on your puter screen!

Pongo · « **Reply #12 on:** April 17, 2002, 04:19:35 PM »

Puck · « **Reply #13 on:** April 17, 2002, 04:19:42 PM »

You gotta bribe the whole office at once.

I'd LOVE a B24, but realistically it's a fragile B17 that flies lower, is harder to control, and doesn't carry as much ordinance. We already have a fragile, lower bomber that carries more.

B29 would make a better addition as a medium-high perk bomber.

Dive bombers would make an even better addition. Stuka would be the most logical, despite my partiality to American aircraft.

With the B26 and the Boston I'm not sure how many more mediums would be nessisary. Given the short duration of night (and the icons) a night fighter wouldn't have all that much utility, either (sorry, Rip

).

For what it's worth (absolutly nothing) I think the two A/C I'd like to see added the most would be the perked B29 and a P40 or two.

Dux · « **Reply #14 on:** April 17, 2002, 04:23:57 PM »

Yes, a B-24 would be great.

I had a Drafting teacher in high school who flew them over Germany. If we could get him talking about it, he would forget to give us homework!

He told us one story of how they came back damaged and were going to have to belly land. Standard operating procedure is that you jettison the belly ball turret. Apparently the gunner was having trouble getting it to release, so he tried stomping on it.

You can guess the rest

ps. I would love to do a Ploesti scenario if we had the Liberator.