http://community.warplanes.com/2008/06/30/july-28-%e2%80%93-b-17-flying-fortress%e2%80%99-maiden-flight/ An online aeronautics community Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:32:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://community.warplanes.com/2008/06/30/july-28-%e2%80%93-b-17-flying-fortress%e2%80%99-maiden-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Tom D. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:09:41 +0000 http://community.warplanes.com/2008/06/30/july-28-%e2%80%93-b-17-flying-fortress%e2%80%99-maiden-flight/#comment-441 Comparing one WWII bomber to another is pointless. Each ---the B-17, B-24, B-25, etc.---had its strengths and weaknesses. Aircrews did not get to choose their plane. They flew the craft they were assigned to. They got up every morning and went to work knowing that ten per cent of them would not come home that night, or the next. Comparing one WWII bomber to another is pointless. Each —the B-17, B-24, B-25, etc.—had its strengths and weaknesses. Aircrews did not get to choose their plane. They flew the craft they were assigned to. They got up every morning and went to work knowing that ten per cent of them would not come home that night, or the next.

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