Bomber Wwii
Posted June 4, 2009
By admin
What's your favorite WWII era fighter (plane)? Bomber?
Why did you choose what you did?
Thanks!
Absolutely feel free to choose an axis plane. This is about quality warplanes, not political issues!
Being a Brit. I am biased
A plane designed as a point defence fighter
Modified to carry cameras and enough fuel to range as far as Eastern Europe to find out what the enemy was up to
Modified again to carry bombs and work as a mud mover
Capable of being designed for a 950Hp engine yet could have one of up to 2400Hp without serious modification apart from the size of the tail.
A work of art in design and genius engineering.
A symbol of freedom across the world.
Used by every allied nation in the fight for freedom in every theatre of war
In front line service on the first and last days of the war
If anyone can find more a more beautiful aircraft than a Spitfire please send me a link to the picture.
A bomber designed for two underdeveloped and fire prone engines.
When they didn`t work the threw them away, lengthened the wings and nailed 2 Merlins on each side. We Brits are nothing if not resourceful
Capable of carrying 14,000 pounds of bombs to Berlin in Standard form
In modified form capable of carrying a 22 foot long 22,000 pound (Thats not a typo. Near as dammit ten tons) the only WW2 bomber capable of doing so, including the B29.
A beaut to fly and a queen to all the men who flew her.
The Lancaster gets my vote.
I fully expect to get shouted down but let me point out I am not a Yank hating Brit. I give thanks to all for the help we received before and after Pearl Harbour.
Just as a bit of propaganda though.
P-51 Needed the Merlin to make it great. I had a friend who was part of the team at Rolls Royce who "borrowed" one to fit the first Merlin
The Corsair at first was a bitch known as the bent wing bastard from Stratford Conecticut due to landing problems. The people who sorted it out were the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy
P-38 excelled at Low Level in the Pacific. Over Europe there were myriad failures of the cooling systems. The Rolls Royce team borrowed a P-38 too but there was political pressure to stop the experiment. Apparently the one they did convert was a revelation.
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