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Old 11-08-13, 22:58
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Apparently the early Ford B24's had quality control problems and were not liked by the crews for that reason. "heavy on the controls" had nothing to do with Ford and was a result of Consolidated design and all B24's regardless of manufacturer flew the same for that particular model.

They were consistently upgraded and became the largest production of bombers during WW2 exceeding the more famous B17 Fortress production by a considerable margin. They had many performance features superior to the B17 including speed and range but were more complex.

Ford built about 3/4 of all the 18,000 B24's made.
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