wiking85
Staff Sergeant
How do you get the Luftwaffe to avoid the Bomber B project and V24 engines? Historically it happened after Udet took over production planning for the Luftwaffe in the wake of Walter Wever's death and was sabotaged and cancelled after Udet's death in 1941; Erhard Milch the head of the RLM was Udet's replacement and predecessor in making production decisions. Had he never lost his status a director, say with Walter Wever not dying and Udet not becoming Goering's proxy in the LW, and retained his power, would the Bomber B never then exist? I don't think the Jumo 222 wouldn't exist, that was something that everyone was working on, but it didn't have priority until the Bomber B project appeared. Its a fuzzy topic, because the reason Milch killed the Bomber B was a fight with Koppenburg for power in aviation production, which he only accumulated under Udet; without Udet every gaining power in aviation production, then Milch has no reason to kill a Bomber B project in this scenario, as Koppenburg wouldn't have obtained his historic level of power. Something as ambitious as the Bomber B would have been something I think Milch would never have opted for, due to it concentrating so much power in one firm, something Milch strenuously avoided. Rather, I think it more likely he would have opted for a 'balanced' plan between the firms to keep them all viable.
Assuming Milch doesn't lose power and there is no Bomber B, but still a lower priority Jumo 222, what does the LW spend those funds and resources on?
Assuming Milch doesn't lose power and there is no Bomber B, but still a lower priority Jumo 222, what does the LW spend those funds and resources on?