.The fact that the B-26 was used on
relatively short range missions, usually in areas where the US held
near-total
air supremacy, speaks volumes.

Bull****!

Which part of that did you find disagreeable?

The Mosquito and B-17 went hundreds of miles
into the heart of the Nazi defenses at a time when no one in their right
mind
would think of sending a force of Marauders after the same target.


No comment at all on that. Well, I guess that is the same as agreement, since
what I said was true.

I think this is getting silly - all three of these aircraft, and dozens of
other types, cooperated to help overwhelm the LW.

This is a discussion group. And comparing aircraft is what this thread is all
about. In fact it is what most posts here are all about. Get used to it.

After six years posting here, I am 'used to it'. What is difficult to get used
to is your opinion that yours is the only view that can possibly be correct or
valid, so you have to take out your aggression on whoever disagrees, however
politely they do so. I guess there is no point in trying to explain it, but
what occurs is that folks are less and less willing to even discuss things with
you. Just sad, because I for one would enjoy a meaningful dialogue with
someone of your experience without being insulted every time we don't agree
with you.

There is no need to
belittle
one excellent aircraft to bolster the reputation of another excellent
aircraft!

That is just what you have done in your post above.

Its precisely what you have been doing for as long as I've been here. I was
replying point by point to your comments, ALL belittling the Mosquito and any
other type that doesn't fit in your log book.

The B-26 remains my favorite US bomber of the war. It was a great aircraft,
with limitations that were well understood. So was the Mosquito.

I need to pay attention to the way you deal with folks because in the future,
I'll be in the same situation - people will be asking for my opinion about
things in the aviation side of the cold war, and I have to weigh my personal
experiences against the information I was not privy to at the time. On top of
that, I will have to weigh my biases carefully, in order to provide the next
generation of 'wannabees' and 'you weren't theres' with a source of information
that doesn't demean someone simply for not sharing my particular life
experience.

v/r
Gordon