Recent content by bob44

Yes, exactly. But not to shoot down Allied bombers. Germany needed good air superiority fighters. As well as pilots, fuel, tactics, strategy, ect. At least in the West.

Thanks for the wishes everyone. Here in East Central Wisconsin, we did not get the snow, but plenty of cold and wind. Has not been above 0F since Sunday. Yesterday, Monday, at 11AM, the weather was reporting -18F with 30MPH winds giving a -51F wind chill. After tonight's -15F, things should...

Cold. Looks like it is going to be one of those cooler winters. No big dump of snow yet. Lots of smaller snow storms/showers. All most everyday. Currently about -10F. Not too bad? Must be getting used to this. Monday's forecast high is in the minus teens F.

Some interesting information here. But what I was suggesting, was designing the P51 with the Allison turbo from the very beginning. Not adding it to the historic P51 aircraft.

Thoughts and ideas about this. As we know, the 51 already had pretty good range, but lacked high altitude performance with the Allison. Clearly, adding the turbo would require some modifications and probably a redesigned airframe. What if the US Army would have pushed this from the start? Or...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone.

Ice up here in Wisconsin is no fun either. Fortunately we do not get much if any ice. Just snow and cold. Snowplows do nothing for ice. Salt is the ticket. And the cold is coming. Lows near 0F/-18C, highs in the teens, for the next week starting tonite.

Great pictures Greg. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, I would be interested in see pictures of this aircraft.

Another factor was the Russians getting involved. The Allies certainly did not want them in Japan like they were in Europe.

Except for what was left of the Japanese military, including the kamakaze's. The Japanese naval power was essentially gone after Leyte. But their land forces were still a pretty good force, including land based aircraft.

Lets say Spruance did destroy the Japanese fleet at the Battle of the Philippine Sea, would this end the war sooner, I would say no. Even after Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, B29's bombing Japan, carrier raids on Japan, it still took the ABomb and the threat of the Russians to force a surrender.

After a week of pretty cool weather, 0s lows to 20F highs, last night and today some snow. Warming up to near 30F.

Thanks for the links.

I did find a read on the 335, by a German pilot, flown near the end of the war. In German. Dornier Do 335 ? Mein letzter Flug mit der Do 335