[Request] YB-17
#1

Could any one make a YB-17 like the ones that escorted the bombers on a raid[/quote]

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#2

Hi,

Do you mean the YB-40 'gunship'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YB-40_Flying_Fortress
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#3

Yeah, he means the YB-40... I would love to have this, but that's just me.
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#4

Deac Wrote:Yeah, he means the YB-40... I would love to have this, but that's just me.

Same here, I'd love to try these YB-40 and struggle with their air performances while fighting with enemy fighters and interceptor aircraft.

Smile


Chaoic out...
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#5

It had room for 30 .50cals? Good lordm thats a LOT of firepower!
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#6

Exactly and there is many of ways we could fly YB-40 for different purposes in IL-2 1946.

8)


Chaoic out...
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#7

Then they filled the entire bay with ammo...
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#8

Speaking of B-17 gunships, did anyone do the "Old 666" yet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_666

Quote:...increasing the number of machine guns from 13 to 19, replacing the waist gunners' standard single guns with twin guns, replacing all .30 cal machine guns with the larger and more powerful .50 cal, and adding a fixed-position gun that could be fired from the pilot's station. Zeamer's crew put guns where they didn't even need them, and left spare machine guns on the aircraft's catwalk; if a gun jammed at a critical moment they could dump it and quickly replace it. These modifications made Old 666 the most heavily armed bomber in the Pacific Theater.
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Radoye Wrote:Speaking of B-17 gunships, did anyone do the "Old 666" yet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_666

Quote:...increasing the number of machine guns from 13 to 19, replacing the waist gunners' standard single guns with twin guns, replacing all .30 cal machine guns with the larger and more powerful .50 cal, and adding a fixed-position gun that could be fired from the pilot's station. Zeamer's crew put guns where they didn't even need them, and left spare machine guns on the aircraft's catwalk; if a gun jammed at a critical moment they could dump it and quickly replace it. These modifications made Old 666 the most heavily armed bomber in the Pacific Theater.

My most favorite reading of a single bomber being attacked by 17 Japanese planes and surviving.

A "History Channel" version of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Im086TCu3I
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