As others have noted, we have been at least near here before where I tried to make a similar argument without suggesting steep dive bombing and, I think it is fair to say, received more criticism than support. I agree that Me 262 bases in France would have suffered heavy attack and believe that...
The MS 406 has interesting history. One indication is that a small redesign to the MS 410 could significantly improve the performance, probably because the original radiator design was very poor (suggested by "The Rise and Fall of the French Air Force" by Greg Baughen The Rise and Fall of the...
Arboria was a neutral during WW2 and its airforce was able to buy or copy designs from almost everyone. In particular it was able to obtain the latest aero-engines from both sides. However, it suffered the great disadvantage that it had limited access to light alloys and therefore tried to equip...
The Albemarle is simple. It should have been cancelled. It was designed following a specification according to Wikipedia: "This sought a twin-engine medium bomber of wood and metal construction, without the use of any light alloys, in order that the aircraft could be readily built by less...
The exception might be the Germans. For example, Prinz Eugen hit Hood once and Prince of Wales three times whilst Bismarck hit Hood at least twice and also hit Prince of Wales four times. Hipper scored at least 8 hits during the Battle of Barents Sea in fairly complete darkness at quite long...
I decided to come back to this after reading pbehn's informative comments on Operation Steinbock above. What this shows is that the Luftwaffe was fighting its own war without giving any thought to the overall situation. Very little thought would have told them that a successful Allied invasion...
One interesting whatif is if the Me 262 was developed as a bomber and developed much faster because the Jumo 004A was put into production at the cost of reducing U-boat production. Had these bombers been equipped with the Bombentorpedo Information on German Bomben Torpedos, they could have...
Someone during WW2 noticed that fighter pilots have to be confident
By the ring around his eyeball
You can tell a bombardier;
You can tell a bomber pilot
By the spread around his rear,
You can tell a navigator
By his sextants, maps and such
You can tell a fighter jockey
BUT YOU CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH!
If we put the Stukas in place of the D3A1* at Coral Sea, then we should probably replace the IJN's 250 kg bombs with German 500 kg bombs (the carriers were close but the Stukas probably wouldn't be able to get the 1000 kg bombs that hit Formidable off a deck). If (OK very uncertain) the bombs...
Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!" He said, "Nobody loves me." I said, "God loves you. Do you believe in God?"
He said, "Yes." I said, "Are you a Christian or a Jew?" He said, "A Christian." I said, "Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?" He said, "Protestant." I...