Sardaukar
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Joined: 11/28/2001 From: Finland/Israel Status: offline
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B-26 was probably better bomber, in experienced hands. Main problem was indeed, that it required experienced pilot and most pilots were not experienced. B-26 was in pilot language "hot" plane, aka having unforgiving flight characteristics. This is reflected well in a saying about training losses happening in Florida where lot of B-26 training was conducted: "One a day in Tampa Bay.." Also, one pilot commented that if one lost an engine during takeoff with B-25, one had good chances to survive...if same happened in B-26, one was dead unless he was very very good pilot. By allocating B-26 to Europe and B-25 to Pacific, both theaters benefited.
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