Caption | B-24J of USAAF 93rd BG, 328th BS in flight, circa Aug 1943 to Sep 1944; it was lost 21 Sep 1944 over Belgium ww2dbase | |||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force | |||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
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"We no longer demand anything, we want war."Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, Aug 1939
19 Apr 2015 06:39:22 PM
XB-41 GUNSHIP: MORE IS BETTER
The need for fighter escort was important over Europe, until long-range fighters could escort the bombers to and from the target, a stop gap measure had to be found. A number of B-24s were modified into gunships armed with fourteen fifty caliber machine guns carrying 11,000 rounds of ammo.
However, like their B-17 counterpart that were also modified into gunships the XB-41s faced the same problem soon as the formation dropped their bombs, they were faster than the gunships that were escorting them the project was dropped in 1943