Originally Posted by
Skunkerama
Come on thats like comparing the Spit with a camel.
The B52 is the most capable and awesome High altitude heavy bomber in the world, but it was designed long after the B-17 and the Lanc.
If you put dates on those 4 aircraft, you'll find the gaps between them aren't as big as you might think at first. The real difference in capability and aspiration was the jet engine.