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IAF didn't care for the overflights, given how close some in the RAF were to their hostile neighbors at the time

Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34 VL620,

Skyraiders are nice. However, you had to deal with Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian ex-RAF aircraft. Skyraiders would have difficulty with Spitfire IXs and Mosquitos.

Less of a problem than keeping the Jumos running in the Avias they actually got. Swedes didn't seem to have operational issues with them, before moving over to jet power DB-605 ran on 87 octane. The Israelis used C-47/DC-3 that liked higher octane than that.

Seems like the Germans didn't do enough with the Wing in going from the E to the F and G models.

Seems it didn't need all that thickness for the receiver and belt tray, a little bump on the top wouldn't be the end of the world, and would be smaller than with what the Spitfire ended up with

Well, the Japanese used the 72 pound Ho-1 20mm with a 15 round magazine as a flexible gun in bombers Since the Ho-5 was belt fed, less trouble in getting drum clearance. It's slightly shorter overall length to the MG151/20 is also a bonus. If those could fit in the Italian FIAT G55, could in...

SAAB 21 British and US would probably not be willing to sell new, but only surplus. It's faster than the S-199, better climb rate and less of a beast to handle. Similar range Could be had in a ground attack version with racks for Rockets and bombs

Or how about full sized Ho-5, with being necked down to 15mm, for being 15x94? It does make for a heavy 85lbs gun, 104 with charging and feed accessories, but reliable gun with an overall 64" length, if keeping with the 750-850rpm. For the cartridge case, likely to be higher MV close to the...

data from Wiki General characteristics Type Type: Type VIIB U-boat Diesel-electric submarine P Class SS 176-181 Displacement: 753 t (741 long tons) surfaced 857 t (843 long tons) submerged 1,350 tons (1,372 t) standard, surfaced,[3] 1,997 tons (2,029 t) submerged[3] Length...

Giant Ki-20 from Mitsubishi updated with the Kasei to replace the Jumo 204 and other 1939 features.

For recon, the desired properties is speed and range, that the P-51 did do better than the P-40

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Carrier aircraft were a bit behind land based aircraft, so apples to oranges-- plus Grumman did have the F4F order for France and the UK same time as the USN. Production started in February 1940. But wasn't talking about using F4Fs for the BoB, but that wouldn't have been the worst idea for the...