Which Bomber was best (hee hee hee)

[Rifleman]

I really wasn't looking for special treatment on additions, but since you had questioned " Which Bomber was best? "......I thought it may have been an appropriate inclusion since its no longer in service, but was almost untouchable by interceptors ...........can't deny its great part in the movie " Fail Safe "...............

"..............at least one of our bombers will get through ........"

[Professor Brensec]

[quote]The B-29 should definetly be in there.

[BFMF]

Famous Strike?

Wouldn't the Attack on Pearl Harbour be a 'famous' strike???

[Professor Brensec]

Definitely! If you include 'infamous' in the list of proviso's I mentioned.
Also very successful too!  ;D

There was also a memorable strike on (I think Berlin), when 60 out of 180 B17's didn't come back. A pretty 'memorable' one too!

[Scorpiоn]

I meant with just a few aircraft facing insurmounable odds.

[Smoke2much]

I seem to have caused contention, please not the Hee hee hee I added to the title of the poll.  This was intentional.

I was thinking along the lines of WW2 heavies and added Hustler because I'd never heared of it ( ) and I said I would make additions if people requested them.

Please note that the Avro Manchester is in the Poll, could there be a more disastrous attempt at a heavy bomber?  The Manchester was more dangerous to it's crew than the enemy LOL.

I wanted to cause a debate, not blind slavery to the poll.  Most would aggree that it will be, in most minds, a straight fight between the Lanc and the Fort.

On survivability for the crew the best British bomber was the Halifax, you had twice as much chance of surviving than if you were in a Lancaster.

So, ignore the poll, tell us what you think was the best Allied heavy and why.  My list is:

Lancaster for looks and romance value (I don't want to marry one )

Halifax because it was safe

Wellington because of the geodedic structure and its adaptability.

B17 because it hammered the German war machine to mulch.

Will

[Professor Brensec]

How about the Ugliest bomber.

Got to be the Blenheim with that horrible nose. Looks like someone decided to remove a 'growth'......lol

[Smoke2much]

I love the Blenheim!  Go outside and castrate yourself Brensec!

Huh.

Will

[Hagar]

Never liked British bombers all too much; I've always prefered radials over in-lines, and we all know how the British are fond of their Merlins!

Not all British bombers had Merlins. The Stirling, Wellington, Halifax Marks III, VI and VII & the Lancaster Mark II had radials, usually the Bristol Hercules.

[Professor Brensec]

[quote]I love the Blenheim!

[Rifleman]

[quote]I love the Blenheim!

[HawkerTempest5]

Whilst no one would argue with the fact that the B-29 was the most advanced bomber to see service in WW2, its pressurised cabin and advanced fire control system where streets ahead of anything else flying, it only arrived at the end and only flew in one theatre of operations.
I, like Scorpion consider the B-29/A-Bomb combo to be the start of the cold war era rather than the end of WW2 era. In it

[Scorpiоn]

Hagar, I just mean that when you think of British aircraft in general, Merlin pops right in as a synonym.

Oh, and Hawker, I think your statement might be a bit unfair.  To my recollection, the reason the B-29 failed so miserably in Japan was because of high altitude winds.  Jet stream, maybe?  Over Germany we could've popped a river of bombs right on the Reich's head! Although maybe there's a jet stream in Germany too...

[Ivan]

[quote]Hagar, I just mean that when you think of British aircraft in general, Merlin pops right in as a synonym.

Oh, and Hawker, I think your statement might be a bit unfair.

[Crumbso]

Well it seems lancaster wins pretty much.