
Caption | B-24J of USAAF 93rd BG, 328th BS in flight, circa Aug 1943 to Sep 1944; it was lost 21 Sep 1944 over Belgium ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force | |||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Added Date | 21 Apr 2007 | |||||||
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XB-41 GUNSHIP: MORE IS BETTER
The need for fighter escort was important over Europe, until long-range fighters could escort the bombers to and from the target, a stop gap measure had to be found. A number of B-24s were modified into gunships armed with fourteen fifty caliber machine guns carrying 11,000 rounds of ammo.
However, like their B-17 counterpart that were also modified into gunships the XB-41s faced the same problem soon as the formation dropped their bombs, they were faster than the gunships that were escorting them the project was dropped in 1943