Last Friday I took a ride in a T-6D. Even got to take the controls for a little while. Did a barrel-roll and a loop during the half hour flight. (See AmericanWarbird.com) It was a late-arriving Christmas/Birthday present from mrsdd
Posted on 05/16/2008 2:03:23 PM PDT by Stoat
Thank you so much for the Post. My Dad fought in WWII, as did my Mom’s brother, they are all gone now, however I love the information about WWII. I grew up on it. And it brings tears to my eyes, remembering my Dad in his uniform, how handsome he was. My Dad was in the Army Air Corp. 25 years.
One of our engineers remembered that the British had bomb racks that could take the the weight. We borrowed some of these racks that were developed exclusively for the Dambusters. Had the British not built them, it could have delayed the A bomb drops as we would have needed to develop our own racks from scratch.
Thank You Stoat...well done.
I think I see a family resemblance on that face...;)
Lancaster
Speed: 287 mph
Range: 1,660 miles
Ceiling: 24,500 ft.
Bomb Load: 14,000 lb
B-17G
Speed: 287 mph
Range: 2,000 miles
Ceiling: 35,800
Bomb Load: 17,600 lb
The German Ural Bomber was canceled, and the Amerika Bomber didn’t make it past prototype.
HE-177
Speed: 350 mph
Range: 960 miles
Ceiling: 30,800
Standard Load: 15,800 lbs
Note: comparisons not exact.
The advantage of the B-17 over the Lancaster was altitude and range, both of which made daylight bombing possible.
No doubt, the B-29, arriving late in the war, compared to these you listed had improved stats.
I’ll try to compare apples to apples this time from Boeing:
The biggest difference was in range and bombload; the 17-G actually had a higher ceiling.
B-29
Cruising speed - 220 mph
Top speed - 365 mph
Ceiling - 31,850 feet
Bomb load - 20,000-pounds
Range - 5,830 miles
B-17
Cruising speed - 150 mph
Top speed - 287 mph
Ceiling - 35,600 feet
Bomb load - 9,600-pounds
Range - 3,750 miles
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One, Joe McCarthy (no, not that one lol).
Just curious...
How well known in America is:
a—the actual raid itself?
b—the classic 1955 film with Richard Todd?
Nice pic and comments. However for others it is NOT the only flying Lancaster in the world. Check out the the Mynarski Lancaster at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton Ontario. Named to honour P/O Andrew Mynarski VC.
www.warplane.com. It flies regularly and for a hefty donation you can get a ride in it.
Newf>
I love that movie. I understand a remake is in the works, though (sadly).
Peter Jackson directing, Stephen Fry writing.
As a Kiwi, Jackson says the new version will be just as British as the original.
Thank you so very much for your excellent background on this story, it’s sincerely appreciated. I’ve read your post over perhaps five or more times because I’ve just been rather awestruck not only by the genius of the planning, design and execution of the raid but in the tremendous bravery of the people involved.....as you say, in a great many ways it’s emblematic of a considerably different age than the one we live in now. There are many occasions when I wish that I had a time machine.....
Thank you again for the great post, and best wishes to you and yours.
Last Friday I took a ride in a T-6D. Even got to take the controls for a little while. Did a barrel-roll and a loop during the half hour flight. (See AmericanWarbird.com) It was a late-arriving Christmas/Birthday present from mrsdd
That’s a formidable team! I can’t wait to see it. But generally I take a dim view of remakes; hopefully this will be the exception.
I wonder what they’ll name the dog in the remake? Heh heh.
Lucky you!!!! Wow.
LOL
Trigger, I gather.
What a spectacular gift, and what a great opportunity!
You are truly Blessed to have such great affection bestowed upon you :-)
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