What is your favorite WW2 Bomber?

[mattmanB182]

Its just another thing I have been thinking about lately...

The fighters are given all the attention and glory while the bombers take a back seat!!!! You can either list your bomber and the reasons why...or just list a few! I am interested to see what you all come up with!! Here is my list in order of how I like them......you can use dive or level bombers.


1. B-25 Mitchell: Probably one of the most overlooked American bombers. It doesnt have a great deal of range, but it was very versatile..and hey...I love the way it looks!!!! It was a real jack of all trades.

2. Ju-88: Its got a very impressive resume..like the mitchell, it was very versatile...and I love how it looks!!!

3. Lancaster: In my opinion..its better then the B-17. And it looks like a Bomber! I really like everything about this plane...heck even the name sounds cool to me..I have no idea why.

[STINGERSIX78]

he-111 ^^

and the liberator...


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/B-24_Kopfstand.jpg

[Gilly]

Got to be the Lancaster. Not only is it named after my county but took part in some of the most epic raids- dambusters, sub pens at st nazaire and the raid on Tirpitz. A bomb bay of 33ft, the ability to carry the the 22,000lb grand slam and the noise of 4 merlins-which if anyone who's heard it will contest is one of the finest sounds known to man. Need I argue further...!!
Just a pity it isn't in the game.

[The_Goalie_94]

Hands down for the lancaster. This should of been in the game, i mean they have planes i never heard of, a million 109 variants, a random jet plane and a rocket plane no-one uses, but not the Lancaster???? I was confused their for a minute, i thought this was supposed to be in the european theatre of war, were the lancaster was THE BOMBER!!!

[dkwookie]

Got to be the Lancaster. Not only is it named after my county but took part in some of the most epic raids- dambusters, sub pens at st nazaire and the raid on Tirpitz. A bomb bay of 33ft, the ability to carry the the 22,000lb grand slam and the noise of 4 merlins-which if anyone who's heard it will contest is one of the finest sounds known to man. Need I argue further...!!
Just a pity it isn't in the game.

Lancaster all the way. If that grandslam had been an unlockable that required 1000 strike match wins I would have been happy to plow through. That battleship on scicily coast would go down with one drop

[Stanrosquain]

My favorite WW2 bombers :

-He-111
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/Bombers/He111.jpg

-Pe-2
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/christophe.arribat/bird2-pe2.jpg

-B-17
http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/equip/resrc/images/hst/l-g/b17.jpg

Tu-2
http://ww2avions.tripod.com/avionimage/urss/tu-2_1.jpg

He-177
http://the.secret.birds.free.fr/Heinkel/He_177_A5.jpg

[Gilly]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/B-24_Kopfstand.jpg[/QUOTE]

Nice landing!! Lol

[f1rebrand]

Lancaster all the way. If that grandslam had been an unlockable that required 1000 strike match wins I would have been happy to plow through. That battleship on scicily coast would go down with one drop

For me it's the Lancaster and Mosquito.

[FOZ_1983]

Without a shadow of a doubt it the Avro Lancaster Bomber. It was a true bomber, and could carry an incredible payload, making it the ultimate heavy bomber. It could corkscrew, it could even be barrel rolled!! But on top of all that.... it has those 4 merlins.

A beautiful aircraft

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz16/FOZ1983/p_lancbomber1.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIEg27PNL5U

[gbtstr]

1. B-25 for sure. Not many other bombers I know of had a 75mm cannon placed in them so they could blow up more shit. Just looks like it'd be fun to fly.

2. SBD. You're not getting there fast, or going very far, but for putting bombs on target, you're looking good. Even managed a few Zero kills during the war.

3. Ju-88. Same as Matt said, very versatile - like the B-25.

[Shadowcorp]

1 Avro lancaster a beauty and a beast
2 mosquito recon bomber
3 sunderland bomber the plague of u boats
All great and all sadly left out of il2

[haitch40]

b29 beat the b17 any day

b25 for the doolittle raid

the sbd truly amazing divebomber

the val i dont think it was a good plane it would just be special to fly one

[Vulcan607]

Avro Lancaster
Shorts Stirling
http://www.anselm.edu/academic/history/hdubrulle/warandrevolution/graphics/Paintings%202004/Air%20War%20Short%20Stirling.jpg

[lost cause]

B26 Maurader gave the Japanese pilots fits. Fast and tough. A Zero had one pass to shoot it down after the drop or else it was GONE! Four of these bombers went through the same fighter/AA gauntlet at Midway as the Navy torpedo bombers did. The Navy was slaughtered. Almost 100% loss. The Marauders? All four made the drop. Two went down on the way out. Two made it back to Midway shot to hell. The B25 and B26 is all we had to throw at the Japs for a year, and they got the job done.

Mossie. Maybe the best twin engined combat aircraft ever built. And what a gorgeous looker. Watch the movie "633 Squadron" and you will be a believer also!!!!!

[Robotic Pope]

My favorite WW2 bombers :

-He-111
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/Bombers/He111.jpg



Thats a spanish CASA 2.111 ;)


Anyway the Mosquito is my best. I'll give the Wellington a mention too though.

[lost cause]

B29. The beginning of a new generation of bomber. Pressurized. Controlled atmosphere. Radar controlled guns. Nuclear capable. FAST! Tough. Reliable. Groundbreaking technology in every respect. An unstoppable, devastating machine that is the picture of either victory or unfathomable devastation known round the world.

[olife]

lancaster

[Soviet Ace]

Hmm... It's hard to say.

Britain= Halifax (Thought I'd throw in something different.)

France= Amiot 143 (France had some strange looking planes, and I love them for it.)

America= B-25 (Hard one but I chose it because my Grandfather who flew in the pacific trained in B-25s before the war, and a time after Pearl Harbor.

Germany= Ju-88 A-1 (Once again, thought I'd throw in something different.)

Italy= SM-84bis (Cool looking little Tri-engined bomber.)

USSR= Pe-8 (This was hard one, but only because Russia made some weird looking bombers, that I think are just so strange and cool.)

[monyetension]

http://bobrowen.com/nymas/g4mcarr.jpg

[Swagger7]

http://bobrowen.com/nymas/g4mcarr.jpg

It may be obsolete, but that Ohka's dangerous!



OK, my list:

The Il2 (duh!) Best anti-tank plane before jets. (heck, it was the main inspiration for the A-10)

The A-26 Invader - You gotta love a 355 mph bomber that flew more like a fighter once it dropped its payload. The remote controlled turrets were neat too.

Ju-87 Stuka - yeah it's obsolete, but three words make all the difference:
Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

Yokosuka P1Y Ginga - the Betty's successor, used only a little but still a neat bomber.

The TBF/TBM Avenger - largest single engine carrier based plane of the war and a great torpedo bomber to boot.

Finally, the SBD Dauntless - I know other people have mentioned it already, but it was the first plane I thought of when I saw the title of the thread. It wasn't as fast as the later SB2C Helldiver, nor did it have the payload, but the SBD was a nimble little thing and pretty tough too.

[McQ59]

Lancaster all the way. If that grandslam had been an unlockable that required 1000 strike match wins I would have been happy to plow through. That battleship on scicily coast would go down with one drop

+1

(And with Captain Gilly in charge I'd been glad to escort to Hell & back. In any fighter. The Avro Lancaster is undoubtedly missed in BoP!).

[dkwookie]

+1

(And with Captain Gilly in charge I'd been glad to escort to Hell & back. In any fighter. The Avro Lancaster is undoubtedly missed in BoP!).

Gilly is the best bomber pilot on the game I reckon. I dont remember ever being on the losing side in a strike match on his team.

[f1rebrand]

Catemes and Briggboy are good too. Especially on the tail gun.

[dkwookie]

Catemes and Briggboy are good too. Especially on the tail gun.

Totally agree, and catmes is master at capture airfields. I remeber those times we played, me you and catmes. Virtually undefeated at cta if I remember right

[f1rebrand]

Totally agree, and catmes is master at capture airfields. I remeber those times we played, me you and catmes. Virtually undefeated at cta if I remember right

Yes, you and McQ clearing the skies, Catemes, Gilly and me bombing and landing. Good times.

[f1rebrand]

On the subject of bombers, I just bought Leo McKinstry's book: Lancaster.

[Gilly]

Cheers for the comments guys. But I can only bomb when the skies are clear so praise from me goes to McQ, F1rebrand and Dk for being the aces that make the pathways clear.

[lost cause]

Awww shucks. Group hug!

[Gilly]

Awww shucks. Group hug!

Jealousy is a cruel mistress.... Plenty to go round if your feeling left out!!!!