Subject: Night bombers interception....
From: Jack
Date: 7/15/2004 9:26 PM Pacific Standard Time
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ArtKramr wrote:

We offered to give the Brits B-17's each with a big fat belly turret.
They wouldn't take them. Big mistake.

I presume they did so because they preferred some other aircraft (or
weapon system) which we also offered. Do you know what the preferred
alternative might have been?

Perhaps they wished to avoid large manning requirements and sought
aircraft with fewer required crew positions.


Jack


They sacrificed everything for max bomb load. Armor, armament everything. Even
their crews. But they flew at night to cut their losses, sacrificing accuracy
and effectiveness. There will always be an England (sheesh)


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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