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Originally Posted by Xiola
It has often been suggested that a huge fleet of Mosquitos would have been a far better proposition than the hundreds of Lancasters bombing every night, but thats another debate.
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Better would be replacing the B-17s and B-24s.
The Lancaster, and Halifax, were still needed for their heavy lift capacity. Replacing the B-24 in bomber units would have freed up them for anti-sub service.