The Mitchell was absolutely a wonderful machine with a nice range, payload and fire power. I can see why it’s winning. I would go so far as to say it’s the best medium bomber of WW2. Being partial to German aircraft, I love the JU-88 becuase it was so manueverable, it was used as a fighter many times. Dubbed “The wonder bomber”, its different variants failed, in my opinion to have adequate defensive guns for most, if not all of the war. It had 2 trainable 7.92 rear firing machine guns, one in the belly gondola and depending on the variant, up to 4 fixed guns in the nose & one fixed or trainable protuding out of the front canopy for a total of up to 5 frontal weapons. It’s a gorgeous plane.
I think they could have done better. My same opinion stands with the HE-111. The Browning 50 calibur with incinderary and armor piercing rounds had an excellent range and could fire more belt fed rounds in a trainable version as opposed to the 70 round saddle drum used in the 7.92.
I love the Ju-88 and 87 for their accuracy in bombing. Germany believed in dive bombers fanatically. I would go so far as to say the JU-87 Stuka was the best ground support bomber of the entire war because of it’s ability to work in such close proximity with friendly units.