Recent content by pbehn

Rarely mentioned in the discussions is the effect of RADAR, when bomber theories were being made RADAR didnt exist at all, in a few years it changed everything.

I would say that the Merlin exceeded its original perceived upper limits by a long way. The status quo in 1935 decreed that for a 2000 BHP engine you needed much more displacement than the Merlin had, hence the Vulture and Sabre. In fact the Griffon made as much power as anyone needed and as...

Having been to the peace park at Hiroshima, you are delusional. The whole theory is seen in retrospect. The Bomber Mafia were followed by the target mafia. People who thought you could end the war with a single raid. But that neds you to know in advance who your enemy will be, what is industry...

A concept such as radar cross section is usually from scientists trying to rationalise the subject they are working in to compare things. In ultrasonics we compared signal strength to a drilled hole, in Thermography to a black box i.e. perfect emitter.

Of course, and from different orientations.

Greg trips on the semantics of the word "bomber" smashes his head on the wall and falls out of the window into a pile of cow slurry. The "BOMBER MAFIA" were advocates of a strategic and tactical bomber force to project US power in times of war. It is impossible for anyone to argue that they...

There is lots of interesting stuff on the development of aircraft in the period, however in terms of the bomber mafia conspiracy nonsense you need the creative powers of JK Rowling and Harry Potter to connect the planes in your post and a P-47 being short of fuel in deep penetration operations...

Of course, but in a peacetime USA the times they would be dropped would be few and far between. That is why I cant understand anything about the "bomber mafia" conspiracy around "drop tanks". It'th comleth horth thit.

Even in a huge country like the USA, any government body dropping metal containers on the land part filled with fuel would have questions to answer. They cost money and are a freakin nuisance. Sods law says you start hitting people and buildings and poisoning the cattle's water trough.

I have covered this so many times in my videos, just keep clickin kerching kerching kerchiiiing. To keep the clicks going, Greg behaves in a way that would have had him charged, court martialled or meet an unfortunate accident if he did it in 1940-45. Only in the mad world of Youtube can you...

I cant be assed trawling and since it is almost always "Greg" that gets his BS promoted here, obviously the BS route to wealth and fame works best.

Greg routinely removes facts that prove him wrong, he insults and disparages people who clearly know more than him. He has an aversion to to the written word, preferring his endless vortex of contradictory nonsense that requires many views AKA clicks to get to the bottom of. His madcap bomber...

"Greg" didnt even get a click from me this time around. There is only so much BS that a "bomber mafia" coat hanger conspiracy theory can keep in the air. It was the Bomber Mafia and their stance on drop tanks that caused Napoleons retreat from Moscow I learned on "Greg does the 1800s" Youtube site.

I think the myth is that it is possible to make a competitive combat fighter that can withstand small to medium AAA fire like a Sherman tank.

How else would I conclude the truth? As a fighter bomber compared to a Corsair it holds all the aces, first of al it wasnt a horrible blue colour, second it couldnt operate from a carrier which cuts losses by a massive amount.