Recent content by Wespe

Congratulations, You passed the test which I "set up" for the others. You just have to tell them something they wont agree (e.g. 400km range) and you will see how much they really know. at least 1 expert amongst all the "experts" who knows how to read a flying range chart. Groeste...

I prefer not to comment this, but I know what to do Wespe

Hi Civettone look for the horizontal line where it says Groesste Flugstrecke (it is the last line of the 3 altitude grouped figures. The highest range is 490km - the lowest 315km. By the way, most of the information I use is based on the Bundesarchiv or other sources using this information...

And a Fw going in for the landing or a dive could be wasted just as well by an allied plane. Come on this doesn't proof anything. However the Luftwaffe claimes for the 262 a total kill of about 700 planes. That would be a kill ratio of 2 or 3:1 for the 262. No 109 or Fw can claim that kill...

Hi Gnomey I am not making an (ueber-plane) out of the Me-262. I am simply stating that the 262 was the better plane. If you do not give a priority towards speed, you are right in a way to point out that speed isn't everything, but you seem to ignore that due to the overwhelming odds, it...

Well thank god the war didn't continue, otherwise we would have gotten the A-Bomb. I don't quite understand your work on a document to proof that theory, Germany never had a chance to win this war. As for your info regarding planes or the Bf-109 on range, it shows how dissinformed people can...

By the way,from 44 onwards the primary function of the fighter squadrons was to shot down bombers and not fighters. So firepower and "speed" was "everything" Wespe

And you point being. The Fw-190 was as good as the allied fighters out there and it was in bigger numbers. It did not go up against Me-262s and therefore it was more successful. Still does not matter. The Fw-190 could do the recon role really well. Again no one is saying that the Fw-190 was...

I dont think the Fw was better as a whole then the Me-262, or a more versatile plane: Especially not from August 1944 onward. As a fighter: NO As a Recon: NO As a Nightfighter: NO As a Ground: attackplane: Maybe As a trainer: both did their job What else? Sofar it is 4:2 for the Me-262...

As a fighter: NO As a Recon: NO As a Nightfighter: NO As a Ground: attackplane: Maybe As a trainer: both did their job What else? Sofar it is 4:2 for the Me-262 If you want to move this post to another thread I dont mind since it doesn't belong in this one. Wespe

Quote: Who cares if it could do them 100kmh hour faster than the fastest piston engine aircraft? Answer: Any German pilot flying the Me-262, and any German pilot who's piston plane didn't stand a chance between 44 and 45. Quote: Hell the Fw-190 and P-38 were more versatile than the Me-262...

Hi, just found a bit of info Major J.H. Gaynor D.F.C. Diseased on 1st.January 1945 (205579V) His call name was “John” and he served in the 1st, 2nd and 7th SAAF Squadrons. Wespe

Look at your own posts before you try and start to get personal on other members posts. So far all I can conclude from your previous posts is that you are trying to tell everybody desperately, that the Luftwaffe had no chance, no matter what they did. Now do you really think that experienced...

Hi Civettone, I think that maybe you have to reshuffle your library and knowledge a bit. I am doing that for the past 35 years. Regarding the Fw-190A In 1935 the RLM decided to promote a high potential radial engine. One by Bramo-Fafnir and the second one at BMW, who took over Bramo...

Hi Gimmeacannon On behalf of the Fw 187 you might be right, but the He-100 was technically too high tec to become reality in the early war period. Especially the cooling system did not work out. Even after replacing or adding a second cooler the plane had still major malfunctions. If the...