I was recently reading about the Arado Ar 80 and started wondering about a strange scenario.
I pictured a scene in which unlikely disasters caused the demise all of the fighters we know and love that became the mainstays for their nations. No Bf 109s, no Hurricanes, no D.XXIs, no M.S. 406s.
In their places - what 'runner up' aircraft would have been adopted? The only plane in this area I have much knowledge of is Gloster's entry to the F.5/34 specification.
I pictured a scene in which unlikely disasters caused the demise all of the fighters we know and love that became the mainstays for their nations. No Bf 109s, no Hurricanes, no D.XXIs, no M.S. 406s.
In their places - what 'runner up' aircraft would have been adopted? The only plane in this area I have much knowledge of is Gloster's entry to the F.5/34 specification.