what 3 aircraft would you take.....

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Originally Posted by blacksungregg

B-17G. How many fighters thought about getting close to this bad boy with all those guns and how tough it was?

Not many, I remember my days from the norwegian air force and when our instructor told about the "Firling" (the quad) a manned 4x 12.5mm/0.50cal machinegun anti-aircraft battery tho being phased out he said most pilots with half a working brain would stay out of the quad Anti-Aircraft dome as it would do serious damage. Point proved at the firing range shooting at 1.5cm (approx half inch) thick steel plates.

Thinking each B17 had 12~14 of them providing cover for it self and its buddies that would be one large sphere of pain. Desperation or madness to fly into that sphere.