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    Which country designed the best engines for WWII?

    Modern auto engines resemble DBs and Jumos more than the others. For size comparisons, DB 605 33.7 liters, DB 603 44 l, RR Merlin 24 liters. The DB 603 had 2700 cid and ran at 2000 hp.
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    Which country designed the best engines for WWII?

    The reason that the Jumos and DBs are under represented post war is that they were deliberately destroyed at the end of the war by the allies. the Allison wasn't decent until 1950. If you compare RRs, DBs, Jumos and Klimovs you will notice that RRs were the most tedious to maintain. Engine...
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    Bf-109 gun camera

    I seem to have read somewhere that gun cameras were not ubiquitous. The fighters all had the aperture but the camera was an added feature. There was aq lot of demand on the continental camera industry, Maybe only experten were carrying film.
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    Largest single engined aircraft?

    For me that Linke Hoffman R Just a little less span that a B 29 and a 23 foot Garuda prop. the wheels are 6 feet across.
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    Twin/three engined bomber for 2nd half of 1941: how would you do it?

    The RA had 100 octane fuel, that is why they built the DB 601 which required C 3.
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    Twin/three engined bomber for 2nd half of 1941: how would you do it?

    How about a Vickers Wellington with R 2600s like a B 25 or R 2800s from a B 26 and give her Martin turrets with 50 cals and good sights. Then she would have an extra 1000 hp and real defensive firepower. Go ahead and fill her wings with extra gas tanks to give her more range or more bomb load.
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