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from what i've read the A6M3 model 32's wing's were skinned with heavier gauge duraluminum so it could handle higher diving speed's. also the wing's were manufactured with square tip's becase land-based operation's were becoming the norm and folding wing-tips were'nt neccessary. most jnaf...

apparently did'nt work on bf-109 it's long landing gear and lack of ground visibility on landing lead to alot of accidents

also regarding the Fi-103 Hitler rejected the idea because he thought that no german soldier should be sent on a mission that had no chance of his survival.Which shows that the chance of extricating oneself from the aircraft after setting it's final course was generally accepted as impropable

accoding to 8th airfoce records they lost 8 aircraft that day"a large percentage due to collisions"they contributed this to inexperianced pilots.Shows they did'nt realize at the time that they were engaged by a unit whose purpose was to ram them!

one advantage is that it would leave more room for the cowl-mounted machine guns that the german fighters carried

and then there was the junkers jumo 222 which i believe{i'm currently sitting in my truck at a truck stop in waco tx}were two jumo 213's coupled together and used in a few Bomber B programe aircraft designs.I don't believe it suffered from the same problems as the db 610.Also from what i've read...

what i find interesting is that there trying to see if he broke any laws and who they can prosecute if anyone,he's beyond any legal problems i would think,so now there looking at ways of avoiding any future problems.just what this country needs,more laws

very good site!under the tank destuction badge it shows oberstleutnant Viezenz.I read about some of his account's,21 tank kills using hand held weapons.now there is a true MAN if there ever was one, would have like to have met him.

from what i've read Hitler awarded these personally and considered them more prestigous than the knight's cross!