Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
P-61 vs. BF-110 (Night Fighter version)
...please discuss...
...please discuss...
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What is the context here? Are they dogfighting or just shooting down as many bombers as possible.P-61 vs. BF-110 (Night Fighter version)
...please discuss...
True for the earlier part of the war but not later.My understanding that Mosquitos hunted German night fighters by hanging around airfields and shooting them down as they took off or landed. The British did not want to risk their radar falling into German hands.
You really should read what Dana wrote in the thread i supplied in post 10P-61 is very heavy airplane, if i'm right around 13 tons clean, the Bf-110G it's around 8 tons
take in the count at time the P-61 available was the B; it's possible that the radar give a advantage to the north american product but it's probably some times more expansive of a 110. So the P-61 is better only if you are the US for all the others is better the 110
P-61 is very heavy airplane, if i'm right around 13 tons clean, the Bf-110G it's around 8 tons
take in the count at time the P-61 available was the B; it's possible that the radar give a advantage to the north american product but it's probably some times more expansive of a 110. So the P-61 is better only if you are the US for all the others is better the 110
i just read, very good, probably i've read it at time but forgetYou really should read what Dana wrote in the thread i supplied in post 10
Plane v plane it could be a toss-up, but the record and the exigencies of the circumstances says -110. I wonder what the German night-fighter pilots could have done with the -61?
Seen as it was faster, had greater endurance, had a better radar and heavier armament compared to the Bf 110, the German pilots would probably have shot down more four-engine bombers with it, surely? The P-61 was the better plane certainly.
Dana - no worries, the quality of your work speaks for itself, glad you're a participant on this forum!Hi all!
I've been avoiding the current discussion of the P-61, mostly because I'm beginning to sound like a broken record. I had plans to be much farther along on my night fighter research by now, but the Archives have been closed for almost two years, and everything is on hold. Once things reopen, I have high hopes of tracking down the many missing pieces.
Here's my current work plan - note that I have enough information to complete only the first three projects, then I'm out of action again:
Rivet Counters' Guide #1 -- F4U-1 Corsair cockpits (going to the printer in two weeks)
A-10 developmental color schemes
Rivet Counters' Guide #2 -- Prewar USN PBYs
USN Aircraft Camouflages of WWII (based on internal correspondence telling the stories of how and why the schemes came about)
Rivet Counters' Guide #3 -- US Military Aircraft Interior Colors and Primers through 1949
Rivet Counters' Guide #4 -- The history of the US National Insignia
USN Battleship and Cruiser Aviation through December 1941
Trans-Atlantic Flight Attempts before September 1939
Rivet Counters' Guide #5 -- F4U-4 Corsair
Rivet Counters' Guide #6 -- F6F Hellcat
America and WWII's Search for the Ultimate Night Fighter
As you can see, the P-61 story is a good bit down the list. It is the most complicated story to tell, and I've got several linear feet of records that I've been collecting since 1972.
While most of my scheduling used to revolve around what I most wanted to write about, lately -- with my youngest getting ready for college -- I've had to concentrate on what I can publish quickly to help with the cash flow. Like the modeler who knows he will live until he's built every kit in his stash, I'm pretty sure I'll just have to stay healthy until I've written all these books and a handful more that want to be added to the list.
Anyhow, I'm sorry that I can't produce the proof of all I've written here about problems with the P-61 - there's just too much to do and too little time!
Cheers,
Dana