Jack Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Folks - does anyone have any figures of fuel consumption used by Lancs and B-17's on an average bombing runs into Germany? Cheers. Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) A B-17's max fuel load varied with marks. Without looking in my B-17 manual, approximately 2,700 gallons. I read about a B-17 that got lost, which ran out of fuel after 13 hours airborne, which would put it around 207 gallons per hour. Typical missions would be 8 to 10 hours ( based on the flight logs I have ). Without bombs, and a light fuel load ( ie end of a mission ), the B-17's fuel consumption could be cut back to 95 gallons per hour if the crew needed to conserve fuel and circle over a fogged in airfield. This technique is described in detail on the pilots training film. Edited December 1, 2008 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Just found a web site that says 200 gallons per hour at cruise. This would change with load and altitude flown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.