B-17 vs B-24: Which was better?

Go to https://buyraycon.com/rwf to get up to 20% off sitewide on Raycon products! Brought to you by Raycon. One of these four-engined, long range, USAF WW2 heavy bombers was 80% more effective than the other. How? Which one? And why? Join me on a statistical deep dive into America's WW2 heavy bomber trio: The Consolidated B-24 Liberator vs the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. CREDIT: WW2 US Bombers https://youtu.be/ZnJ8bxBP898?si=Mwl3TNej80c1eH2k https://youtu.be/JQuL4hJWeFs?si=5Tn79kdbb0Rhsnlv Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:15 Why Two Bombers? 02:30 The Davis Wing 03:12 Model 32 - The B-24 03:55 80% Better? 04:38 Sponsor Message 05:48 Accuracy 08:27 Loss Rate 11:12 Overall Efficiency 12:24 Was it REALLY better? 13:13 Outro All content is presented in historical context for educational purposes. All footage is owned by its copyright holder and is used in this channel under "fair use". Music by Epidemic Sound