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Offline MjTalon

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Re: Ju88 damage endurance
« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2009, 09:30:22 AM »
Just my .02 on the topic title:

yesterday we did a NoE 88 torp raid on a cv, i had a f6f behind me after we dropped and turned for home literally shoot at my single 88 with his 6 .50s for 15 seconds before i finally caught fire.  Talk about endurance!

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Offline frank3

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Re: Ju88 damage endurance
« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2009, 09:32:25 AM »
...literally shoot at my single 88 with his 6 .50s for 15 seconds before i finally caught fire.  Talk about endurance!

I think that says more about the F6F-pilot's aiming skill than the Junker's endurance  :)
« Last Edit: May 11, 2009, 09:34:07 AM by frank3 »

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Re: Ju88 damage endurance
« Reply #17 on: May 12, 2009, 08:33:10 AM »
I think that says more about the F6F-pilot's aiming skill than the Junker's endurance  :)

Tell me about it Ju88s are IMO just like B24s. One ping one fire.
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Re: Ju88 damage endurance
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2009, 07:21:41 PM »
Ju 88's seem fairly durable in a scenario setting.  I don't think that the wings are fragile -- just that they are full of fuel and a bigger target if the enemy is above or below.  Often, I would lose other parts (elevator, rudder, vertical stabilizer, flap, engine oil, fuel leaks, coolant, engine fire, fuel fire) before a wing would come off.  Also, it seemed like the wing would come off only after a lot of enemy fire into it.  In cases where a plane approached level, enemies would sometimes concentrate on the fuselage.  This happened for example in a P-39 attack, and my elevators, rudder, and finally vertical stabilizer broke, but not the wing.

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Re: Ju88 damage endurance
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2009, 08:51:16 PM »
Some planes have leak-proof fuel tanks, I think the Ju88s have leak-encouraging fuel tanks.... "Bullet missed by 10 feet? Meh, go ahead, start the gas leak!"

In scenarios this more than a direct kill can hose a bomber pilot's results heheh