well said DJ,

the picture kev posted is infact a halifax, and you are correct about the dambusters

the three main British ww2 heavy bombers were

lancaster



the halifax



the stirling



regards

joe

The reason no-one picked the Stirling was because it's design was compromised by some typically bureaucratic lunacy.

First of all the wingspan was restricted to 99' to fit existing hangars - guaranteeing poor flight performance due to shortage of lift. And secondly the bomb bay was constructed with longitudinal cells which fitted the current bombs - but left no room for bigger bombs.

In his novel 'Bomber' Len Deighton mentions that his brother (I think) who was on bombers told him that crews of Halifaxes and Lancasters were glad when Stirlings flew with them as their poor performance meant the Germans hit them first....

And the Soviet air force hit Berlin before the B-24 by a long way.

Secondly shouldn't that be people who live in trailer parks shouldn't throw stones?

Hi guys just a technical question, my dad served in Lanchasters during the war he was a rear gunner till he was wounded then grounded, he always told me about the quad mounting inthe rear turret, now just lateley Ive seen bomber crew on t.v. and other stuff featuring lanc's and they all have a twin rear turret can any one enlighten me on this. a good book to read about Lanc's is Cheshire V.C. really interesting.

Oh by the way, Jim, the "Poles, British, Free French , Czechs ec.and more than a few U.S. volunteers" were generally relegated to the Hurricanes, whilst the Spitfires were reserved for the more "blue-blooded" yachting club type resident local boys in England-re-read your history.