

Avro Lancaster:

This was the most famous British bomber of WWII, and certainly the
best.  It was unexcelled in the European TO in bomb-carrying
capacity, ruggedness, and maneuverability.  With its many
strong points, it was a dangerous opponent to the Germans; hard to
kill as it corkscrewed down away from nachtjagers, deadly with its
air gunners in three turrets (nose, dorsal, tail), quick on its way
to a target (287mph top speed at 11,000ft.), and lethal while
raining 4000-lb. bombs upon German cities.  With modification it
could carry the 12,000-lb. "Tallboy" or 22,000-lb. "Grand Slam"
bombs.  Before mid-1944, the normal load for "lancs" was 12 1000-
lb. bombs. To keep the game load below the 8-bomb practical limit,
this load is represented by 8 1600-lb. bombs.  After mid-1944, the
Lanc was habitually armed with the 4000-lb HE bomb.  I chose not to
include incindiaries as they were hard to duplicate in effect and
bomb-dropping mechanism.
Access the gun turrets as per the B17:
<G><8> = nose
   <5> = dorsal
   <2> = tail
This aircraft has a bombsight <B> and an autopilot <A>.
This mod was designed by Chris Rice, with a few changes by TFD.


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