June 26, 2020 T
Bomber Battle: B-17 Flying Fortress vs. B-24 Liberator (Who Wins?)
The argument began in bars and service clubs, where crew members from the two types met while off duty during the war, and has continued ever since.
by Warfare History Network
Key Point: Each side has airtight arguments for why its bomber was better.
One of the most frequently discussed arguments to come out of World War II is which was the “better†bomber, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress or the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The argument began in bars and service clubs, where crew members from the two types met while off duty during the war, and has continued ever since.
This is particularly true of veterans who flew in England where B-17s predominated within the Eighth Air Force, and where large numbers of war correspondents reported on the air war over Germany as it was being fought by the crews of the Flying Fortresses in the summer of 1943. It was among the Eighth Air Force B-17 and B-24 crews that the arguments were strongest, and it is among those veterans that they have continued, as a general public consensus has developed that the B-17 was the best bomber ever built.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/bomber-battle-b-17-flying-fortress-vs-b-24-liberator-who-wins-163518
