Weasel Wrote:I honestly don't see how 50cals on a Lanc would make a difference. Not too many gunners spotted the night fighters coming at them, especially once they developed their vertical firing cannon. To my knowledge the gunners on Lancs and other night bombers were mostly along for the ride. May be wrong, but in all the books I have read I can honestly say I have never read one where the gunners shot down a night fighter.
You may be right. Then again, with just 3 gunners, the Lancaster had lots of blind spots. Stuff more armed Mk 1 eyeballs in the plane and its spotting improves. Better yet, add an early warning rader.
Problem is, that all offsets bombload. The math was simple; the British decided that 1 bombing run depending on stealth was safer than 2 bombing runs making a serious effort at self defense should the stealth fail. They probably made the right call. I'm just saying it's not certain that they did.
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