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Title: a early b24 and b17
Post by: 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
Title: a early b24 and b17
Post by: AquaShrimp on February 15, 2008, 04:56:56 PM
B-17F was the early version.  Earlier B-17s saw very limited action.
Title: a early b24 and b17
Post by: Karnak 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.
Title: a early b24 and b17
Post by: MiloMorai 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.
Title: a early b24 and b17
Post by: Tarmac on February 15, 2008, 05:47:45 PM
He's saying that versions before the F (E and previous) were the less used ones.
Title: a early b24 and b17
Post by: Treize69 on February 15, 2008, 05:49:09 PM
Need the greenhouse-nosed B-24 for Ploesti scenarios. :)

(http://www.44thbombgroup.com/images/B24Ploesti6Bupdated750.jpg)
Title: a early b24 and b17
Post by: Guppy35 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.
Title: a early b24 and b17
Post by: MiloMorai 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.
Title: a early b24 and b17
Post by: rogerdee 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