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| Which of these aircraft was the Most Produced Bomber of WWII? |
| B-17 |
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46% |
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| B-24 |
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16% |
[ 8 ] |
| B-25 |
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12% |
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| B-26 |
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10% |
[ 5 ] |
| Lancaster |
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10% |
[ 5 ] |
| Wellington |
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6% |
[ 3 ] |
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This Poll will close on the 24th (Saturday) of November so get your vote in while you can! 
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| CAG Hotshot wrote: | This Poll will close on the 24th (Saturday) of November so get your vote in while you can!
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CAG
It is 25 November. Are you going to post the answer? 
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Pappy
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| Sun Nov 25 20:14:59 2007 |
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I have decided to wait until the end of the month, since people are still voting!
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| Mon Nov 26 13:23:46 2007 |
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The answer to this poll is, of course, the B-24 LIberator!
While it is true that the B-17 is the more well known USAAF bomber, the B-24 out produced it on the assembly lines...
The B-24 was flown by both the USAAF and the USN (as the PB4Y Privateer), as well as RAF Bomber Command, Coastal Command, and the RCAF (As the LIberator Mk I - Mk IX)
Total production was 18,482
For comparison, 12,731 B-17s were built during the war...
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| Sat Dec 1 23:11:24 2007 |
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The Lib was faster, carried a bigger load over a longer range and better protected than the B-17, it was litterally better in every way AFAIK.
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| Sun Dec 2 11:38:31 2007 |
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| kaptor wrote: | | The Lib was faster, carried a bigger load over a longer range and better protected than the B-17, it was litterally better in every way AFAIK. |
No, not better protected. The "Flying Boxcar" had some very vulnerable fuel tanks and carried less 50 cals then the flying fortress. More were lost to enemy action as well.
She was a fine aircraft though, and a much more advanced design, superior aerodynamics, tricycle landing gear, etc, but still came up short when compared to the B-17s big brother, the B-29...
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| Sun Dec 2 14:00:10 2007 |
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Didnt the Lib have the big 20mm nose turret??? The "Swoose" was a B-17 that had the B-24 turret grafted onto the nose.
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| Mon Dec 3 13:22:47 2007 |
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B-17s carried up to 13x50 Cal guns (On the G model they had 4 twin 50 cal gun turrets and 5 single mount 50 cals).
B-24s carried up to 10x50 Cal guns (On the H model onwards they had 4 twin 50 cal gun turrets and 2 single mount 50 cals).
Only the B-29 carried a 20mm and that was in the tail...
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