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Originally Posted by dcb
interesting question on the b17, if it is leaking enough to make a difference on the return trip, won't going slower exacerbate the problem to some degree?
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Never said he went slower. In fact going slower over enemy territory got you shot down or killed. The instant you fell out behind the formation you were target practice.
They could adjust mixture, timing, and boost pressure, and they could have cared less about having to replace an engine.
Saving fuel was good insurance, for the times when you had to fly 4.5 hours back from Berlin with a wing that took an incendiary cluster bomb just as the canister broke and released the hundreds of white phosphorous bombs.
regards
Mech