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Merry Crimbo everyone. Don't get too excited over stolen holidays, our day was the solstice on the 21st (Yule) but they did pinch a lot of the trimmings! Ever seen one of these by the way?

I would say the Nachtigal, the rare nightfighter version of the Arado 234.

I doubt there was anything they could really do that would matter.

Every time I see this aircraft in the Smithsonian institute I ask myself why did they let it deteriorate so much? :(

If the V2 really need 30 tons of potatoes (?) to produce the alcohol element of it's fuel I think dumping that project would have been essential!

I hear you. When I was a mess barman we had a Lt.Colonel Surgeon who often drank 2 liters of white wine a day! My point is how would a Doctor whose services would be needed more than ever in time of war end up doing a job the average good soldier could do? Was he a 'Schutzen Konig' or something?

I've been trying to learn about Ernst Gadermann, who was Hans-Ulrich Rudel's gunner in the final year of the war. I was a bit taken aback to be told he was a doctor. I'd have thought such a person was just too valuable to risk as a mere gunner. That he was a cardiologist who managed to die long...

Like the Horton....mostly made of wood, but I gather it had seriously better glue, the truth about it's strength, and one of the Horton's weaknesses?

Perhaps not very different...the pressure of war speeds up development. Biplanes may have vanished though, and the Soviets may (?) have recovered a bit from Stalins purges making a difference in pilot quality.

Thanks for these answerss, they are interesting. Kool Kitty...one Horton indeed crashed after an engine flame out. What prompted the question waas that the Germans put one up against a Messerschmit 262 which it out performed in some ways...see that in this video at about point 30.40 View...

Had WW2 dragged on a year or two longer the the Horton HO 229 and early Vampire jets may have met, I note the Hortons higher cieling and speed, that said, which do you think is best and would have fared better if flown by equal pilots?

Thanks for this Elmas, it led me to further reading, interesting stuff!

I find this image of a Lightning intercepting an Italian aircraft I havn't identified confusing. The markings seem to be Italian, but not as I know Italy's ww2 markings... http://www.wallcoo.net/paint/Air_Combat_Art_01/images/Air%20Combat%20Art%200046.jpg ...can anyone elaborate?

I love the early British jets, but my favorite is the Hawker Hunter. I've been on exercise with them when stationed as a soldier in Gibraltar.The RAF still had four of them in the late 1970's, Spanish opposition didn't require us to have the cream of the bottle handy. In Fire force operations a...

The Ludendorff offensive broke down because logistics couldn't keep up with the advance, and I also think they were short of supplies anyway, they never broke the naval blockade at Jutland and peace in the east didn't bring much new resources to compensate, just more troops. I gather Britain was...