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Possible they used different sources. But here Greggs Planes and automobiles makes a very convincing point that the Lancaster never was the back-up bomber.
As usual lots of argument. What makes Gregg an excellent evaluater is that he IS a Pilot/ Warbird flyer who is very good at judging what planes can and cannot do. The manuals are all out there for his Patreons.
Also he did a lot of research and doesn’t limit his videos to “youtube advert effective ones” so he is able to present more evidence on this issue.
Wow, I seriously enjoyed this video. It is beyond my skills to refute his conclusions although I am still partial to the black Lancaster
So the Lancaster as an atomic bomber was a five minute fantasy and sadly there was no evidence of aerial refueling. But still I think I learned a ton about the program from Greg.
Speaking of fantasy programs, I saw a video praising the idea of an F14 tomcat 2 redesigned for the 2030’s. Great commercial but I can/‘t see it.
Well I am pretty sure Mark Felton had his sources for the black Lancaster bomber. Probably from writers with a lot of RAF knowledge. We can’t check whether wether this is true but it sounds logical to me that:
1 Some British writer wanted to claim that the British were also capable of doing it. After all the Lancaster had the “Grand Slam” and other massive bombs
2 This to the average reader like me sounded logical as well.
3 I would like to know the sources Mark used, I will ask him via Patreon. (or if he can give a reply publicly). I see this as a learning process by evaluation info.
Gregg is not anti-British. He actually rewrote the US strategic bomber history by proving that the P-47 Thunderbolt had a much longer range than in the books using paper drop tanks. This means that the fighter escorts to Berlin could have been there much much earlier. He uses the manuals for his opinion, the manuals ARE the most trustworthy information as they have been tested and well you find out if a manual is incorrect ;-).
So I think both are honest and use information. Greg is REALLY into aviation and can read aviation manuals of warbird and that takes a LOT of effort and understanding of aviation. (I had to learn it, these are harder than a TV remote )
I remember his documenting the p-47 range capabilities. I think you put me onto that.
Sometimes I wonder if they just don’t think of all the possibilities. Maybe no one asked the right questions about the p-47 in 1942-1943. Sometimes you don’t know the answers until you flat out try the solution out.
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