Aargh! Need to correct some brain farts.

Guy Alcala wrote:

WalterM140 wrote:

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B-17's could maintain formation at heights almost twice as high as the altitude
at which Bomber Command usually operated, either by day or by night.

Again, due to the superchargers. Both US mediums and the British heavies used
single-stage two-speed superchargers while the B-17 and B-24 used turbochargers
(feeding superchargers). That generally gave them max. power and top speeds ain
the range of 13,500 - 15,000 feet.

'Them' in the above sentence refers to the US mediums and British hevies, not the B-17
and B-24, which put out max. power up to 25 or 30,000 feet, owing to the turbochargers.

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Our conclusion was that the simplest and quickest method for the Brits to go over
to US style daylight bombing against well-defended targets in the fall of 1943 was
to use B-24s diverted from US groups in training (the 8th preferred the B-17), at
least until they could produce a high altitude bomber engine (preferably a Bristol
Hercules air-cooled radial, either turbocharged or with a two-speed supercharger)
in adequate numbers.

"two-speed" should of course be "two-stage," usually two-stage, two-speed.

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Guy