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Quite frankly, I've always been rather surprised that the Germans never apparently gave serious thought to adopting the A6M zero as either a long range escort fighter or for the never completed .
The Finns, Romanians and Italians used quantities of Bf109sTalking "Axis", don't forget that the Germans did procure several types of Italian and French planes for a variety of purposes.
That's a bit of a stretch. A few British aircraft like the Hurricane, Spitfire, Mosquito and Mustang served with the U.S. Army Air Corps and VVS in small numbers. Otherwise "sharing" consisted of the USA providing large quantities of aircraft, engines, weapons and aviation gasoline to everyone else.
The Mustang was designed to a British specification for procurement by the RAF. To me that makes it a British aircraft which was produced in an American factory.You mean the Mustang was supplied to the RAF right? It was an American aircraft...
That's a bit of a stretch. A few British aircraft like the Hurricane, Spitfire, Mosquito and Mustang served with the U.S. Army Air Corps and VVS in small numbers. Otherwise "sharing" consisted of the USA providing large quantities of aircraft, engines, weapons and aviation gasoline to everyone else.
The Mustang was designed to a British specification for procurement by the RAF. To me that makes it a British aircraft which was produced in an American factory.
Wow! That's the first time I've ever heard that strange claim.
TechnicallyWow! That's the first time I've ever heard that strange claim
The Allies shared many aircraft amongst themselves, what if the Axis had also done so, or at least to a far greater extent than they did?
The Allies shared many aircraft amongst themselves, what if the Axis had also done so, or at least to a far greater extent than they did?
Wonder how some of the Japanese aircraft would have fared in Europe? To what advantage could the Germans have put them to?
Same goes for German aircraft use by Japanese.
Technically
he's right for half of his statement. NA-73X was an attempt by NAA to convince the British Purchasing Commission that they could offer them something better than the P-40. The USAAF, for their part, were largely indifferent to the P-51 early in its career.
We can only speculate at what might have been omitted if it had been produced to a British specification in a British factory. I doubt it would have included the laminar-flow wing and am pretty certain the cooling drag thrust recovery technique would not have been as effective. British aversion to the .50cal would have meant what? 20mm cannon? It would have entered long-range escort service carrying proportionally less ammo.
Calling it a British fighter produced in an American factory is stretching it a bit, for me. It does not compare with the Packard Merlin, which was a British powerplant produced in an American factory.
It is an American fighter that was borne out of a British specification.
Exactly, that is why I was saying he was pretty much correct. I still look at it as an American fighter though that was supplied to the RAF.
If you check it out, pretty much all the Axis satellite states in Europe converted more-or-less completely later in the war to German type of bombers and fighters and fighter bombers. Norther (fascist) Italy as well... None of these air forces were very large, but many small ones add up to a considerable number.
The Japanese did in fact use the He100. They purchased some He100s (as well as the Soviet Union) and built thier own. Thier first prototype even had the evaporative cooling system in the wings....The Japanese hated the He-112 but the Japanese Navy fully intended to adopt the He-100 as a land-based naval interceptor. I believe Heinkel couldn't provide all the jigs and tools, which is too bad for the Japanese and Heinkel. The He-100 would have provided the Japanese with a fighter faster than anything they had until 1944, but one has to wonder how a very complex Heinkel design would have fared as Japanese production and maintenance standards declined. They were also provided examples of the Bf-109 and Fw-190 but only for comparative and research purposes - not potential Japanese operational use.
At various times the Japanese were interested in both the Fw-200 and the He-177. Again, I'm not true all this is, but I've read that it was Japanese interest and specifications regarding these planes that first led toGerman consideration of the Fw-200 as a maritime recon/bomber as well as the proposals to re-engine the He-177 with 4 independent engines.
And of course don't forget the Me-163B was adopted in Japan as the J8M and Ki-200 (but never got past the prototype stage)...