[ken5050]

I often get them confused myself...People probably remember the Lancasters because of the Dam Busters..Similar situation in the US...Everyone knows the B-25 due to the Doolittle raid...most couldn't tell you what a B-26 is or looks like...and as regards the 8th USAAF...most people today think the B-17 was the ONLY US bomber in the war, when in fact more B-24s were produced than B-17s, and they flew more missions and dropped more bomb tonnage than the B-17s. Go figure..

[BronzePencil]

Am I crazy or did Halifaxes have cloth skin?

[Calvin Locke]

...B-25 due to the Doolittle raid...and the Empire State Building.

Here in VT, there's the remains of a B-24 that crashed in to a mountain during the war. The paper runs pieces every so
often. I hiked up Camels Hump to see it once, but the weather was lousy, and other hikers at the summit said there
wasn't much left to see.

There was also the A-20 bomber. Only known from my younger days playing Avalon Hill games.

[gymbeau]

There was no more beautiful bomber in WWII than the Boeing B-17, aesthetically speaking, IMNHO. Graceful and lethal.

Cheers
Jim

[painter]

most people today think the B-17 was the ONLY US bomber in the war, when in fact more B-24s were produced than B-17s, and they flew more missions and dropped more bomb tonnage than the B-17s. Go figure..

The B24 also carried a bigger bomb load. I think the Memphis Bell brought all of the attention to the B17 during WWII.