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Originally Posted by Vulcan607
I take it your refering to my previous post, if not the point still stands anyway, Cannon shells would do more damage regardless of age.
which is why funnily enough Emils and Spitfires didnt get sent up against B-17s
there were incidents of b-17s being captured and being flown against their previous owners.
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you're quit right Wolfhound was the first B-17 captured repaired and flown by the Luftwaffe. strangely looks quite cool in german paintscheme.
and yes cannon shells should do more damage, BUT the B-17 is weak as tin foil. and the control surfaces (as Kirill mentioned) could take ALOT more pounding, yes a cannon round rattling around in an engine should do serious damage, but taking out 1 engine doesnt = explode.
but id love to hear an example where a spitfire MkII went up against a german captured B-17 or Do-200 as they called it.