That's what I think you were referring to. Based on my B-24 POH, it carried more payload than either--they carried 8000 pounds on max range missions and as much as 12,000 pounds on shorter ones. That was the load-hauler that stopped the German production--the press the B-17 got notwithstanding. Faster, longer, more payload. What you hear about the B-124 not being able to take punishment is not supported by the data. The B-17 and B-24 lost about the same PERCENTAGE of combat-mission aircraft. The fact that there were more than twice as many B-24s produced makes the raw numbers look bad. As a Luftwaffe FW-190 ACE told me, "I'd radder attack zee B-24s. Even though zere guns vere better placed to shoot me, they vere lower and vee didn't have to climb as high to get zem! Of course, once zee P-51s came, the zest was gone from attacking eizer one." Walter --Apple-Mail-2--162840014 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

On Apr 4, 2007, at = 10:54 AM, H & J Johnson wrote:

the B-17 was = listed as capable of lifting

17,600lbs of bombs=A0

You may want to check on = that number.=A0 Not with full fuel.=A0 My B-17 POH indicates that that's = high.=A0 However if the Mosquito had a payload of 4000 (don't know = anything about that one), that was still considerably less than the = payload of the B-17G which is listed as 6000 pounds with full fuel.=A0 = If they could leave fuel behind on a short mission, I think they could = "lift" as much as 10,200 pounds--IF it fit on the bomb racks. <g>=A0= That's what I think you were referring to.

Based on my B-24 POH, it = carried more payload than either--they carried 8000 pounds on max range = missions and as much as 12,000 pounds on shorter ones.=A0 That was the = load-hauler that stopped the German production--the press the B-17 got = notwithstanding.=A0 Faster, longer, more payload.=A0 What you hear about = the B-124 not being able to take punishment is not supported by the = data.=A0 The B-17 and B-24 lost about the same PERCENTAGE of = combat-mission aircraft.=A0 The fact that there were more than twice as = many B-24s produced makes the raw numbers look bad.

As a Luftwaffe FW-190 ACE = told me, "I'd radder attack zee B-24s.=A0 Even though zere guns vere = better placed to shoot me, they vere lower and vee didn't have to climb = as high to get zem!=A0 Of course, once zee P-51s came, the zest was gone = from attacking eizer one."

Walter

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