soc.history.war.world-war-ii

Bombardier wrote:
:
: Were the B-25's too lightly armored to survive the flak fields over
: Germany and therefor shipped out to the Med and pacific theatres and
: replaced by the heavlity armored B-26?
:
It looks to me like the B=25 had around a 250 mile range
advantage over the B-26. So, perhaps it was simply a matter
that the B-25's extended range made it a better fit in the
PTO and MTO?

Clearly the answer to this would be to analyze the "typical"
mission of the two aircraft in the ETO/MTO, and then analyze
how well protected their "typical" target was covered. I'll
pass on that analysis, thanks.

Bruce
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