"WalterM140" wrote in message
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You are incorrect.

The RAF operated B-17's in action in daylight long before the
USA even entered the war. The results were heavy losses and
poor results.

The Brits didn't use enough B-17's ever, to say they had heavy losses.
And the
Brits flew them at very high altitudes, and often as single attackers.


The B-17 wasnt available in numbers in 1941. By September less than
40 B-17C's had been produced and half of these were in service
with the RAF as the Fortress I. Mass production of the aircraft began with
the B-17E in late 1941.

That single aircraft ended up over targets was a result of
the extremely poor reliability of the aircraft, it was not
uncommon for half the dispatched aircraft to have to
return to base. Indeed the USAAC described the B-17C
as being unsuitable for combat use.

Except for elite units, British bombing accuracy throughout the war was
poor.


Yadda Yadda Yadda

Keith