| And after the Great Yellow Mystery, what were the thoughts?
- Shawn |
Bomber Command didn't like the aircraft which is why they ended up at Coastal Command or in theaters with low priorities. Realistically they were correct in that neither B-17s or B-24s were designed or configured as night fighters and no one would argue that the early versions had much of a chance as day bombers over Europe. If the aircraft had been worked over a bit I'm sure they could have performed much better but that wasn't in the cards.
Also a question of whether the British could have received enough aircraft to put them into squadron service in sufficent numbers given the demand the US Army Air Force had for those aircraft.