"WalterM140" wrote in message
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The Brits ignored American advice on how to use the B-17. Admittedly,
the
B-17C was not ready for the big leagues.

Could that be why they ignored the advice?

Perhaps.

I'll suggest that there was -no way- given the British experience in WWI
that
they were going to the heavy daylight bomber route in WWI. And I don't
blame
them a bit for that.


You are as usual wrong


I think after all that 'Henry V'/'over the top' stuff in WWI, the Brits
were
bound and determined to try a litte brain power the second time through.
B-17's were not going to help them that much in that particular endeavor.


The British bad experience with daylight bombing was a result
of trying it in 1940 and taking 80% losses against the Luftwaffe.

Keith