Need some help with b-24

[Crack Pie]

What are some tips to using this bomber correctly? So far I find it to be extremely fragile and with a repair price tag of 27000K (stock) it's just not economically viable to use.

Edit: Just want to add. Why does this plane have such a low endurance? 1 shot to the tail and all control is lost

[SilentHorizon]

Just use your B17 instead, it has the same payload and is 10x more tough.

But if you need to use the b-24, then here are a couple of tips:

1. Never drop alt, fighers will eat you up fast.
2. try to bomb areas where their are no figher aircraft. Since they still will climb to alititude to hunt other bombers.
3. If a guy is on your tail, manually use the turrets and kill him as fast as possible.

[Supreme Corgi]

Just use ground ammo for the 50cal's it rips anything that what i use for my B25 for the russians

[Crack Pie]

Thanks for the replies, HBZK I try to climb as much as possible. Even circling back at the start of the game to gain altitude. At 15-16k feet I still find fighters above me XD. I just can't get to the 20-25k level before getting killed. Another problem is that tail section is incredibly weak. Is that historically accurate? Thank you for the advice I will try the manual shooting more often,

I do love the B-17G and it has a cheaper repair cost. I am mainly flying the B-24 to get all mods and then go on to fly another nations bombers. Probably Germans next. I also get all the complaints about the B-17's, but hell, if the bomber above that is utter garbage then what do you expect people to fly. I mean c'mon, a 27k repair cost and weak structually without carrying a higher bomb load?

Of course I'm going B-17. It's logical.

Killjoy: Really? Do the ground ammo types do better for shooting down planes? I've been using universal. I'll try that out. Thanks.

[xSOSxHawkens]

Thew B24 adds the spice of high altude to the Bline and if offten misunderstood.

Yes, it has a lower durability than the B17, but it will fly faster, climb faster, and stay ahead of longer than a B17 ever will. Those are the only advatnages the plane offers; speed and lift, as a slight loss to durability and increase in tail on fire (where intercept followers tend to get on high speed bombers). Where the B17 is a hard hitter, stong fort, with decent speed and climb it cant keep up with the B24, its just the main line.

The 17 is the brunt plane of the Bline, taking just about as much as it can put out with a skilled player and crew. There are exceptions, sadly more than naugt, but still fewer than a 24.

The 25 is a (low)high altitude bomber, in the 18-26kft range. strugles over that in tight turns. but below that, if handled right and without load it can be used as a primary intercept with its 5 or 6 forward .50's and heavy durability at bomber spawn. You just have to try and brute force that main onslaught as you wont climb well enough even without load to keep up with the 4 engines after your first pass.