Knock Down Kit B24-H

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

All kidding aside, I think the B24 is underrated as a bomber. It was more capable and versatile than the B17 which may look “better”. Probably because of media attention in “Memphis Belle”?

It also doesn’t look as slick, which probably explains why the media liked the B-17 better, and IIRC, the B-24 had a reputation for not being as easy to fly.

Sort of aside: some years ago, I went to the war museum in Ramskapelle, Belgium. On driving up, the first thing I saw was the whole forward fuselage of a B-24 on the lawn outside … That turned out to be a 1:1 scale plywood replica made for a film, as I recall, but still, it was rather impressive.