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That sound about right for that aircraft - keep in mind that a Ju 88, early B-25 and probably He 111 could probably do the same.The only other source I have on the LeO.451 is "Avions de la 2e Guerre Mondiale - Profiles et Histoire" by G. Apostelo and G. Bignozzi. (Part of the Hachette miliray series)
The only other technical mention I find is that the Leo.451 set a high speed of approx. 370 mph empty and in a shallow dive.
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i want post my dream bombers but i try difficult tell what's the best twin/triple engined bomber at time, and more difficul is the best exported.
so i thinked see what think the community.
for remember this is a list, maybe incomplete, of twin/triple engined bombers at time, i exclude biplane:
Blenheim IV (and earlier)
Hampden
Wellington IC (and earlier)
Whitley
Anson
Hudson
Martin 139
Martin 166
B 18
Ki 2
Ki 21-I
G3M
SB
DB 3
TB 3
He 111H2 (and earlier)
Do 11
Do 23
Do 17
Ju 52/3m
Ju 86
Ju 88A1
Amiot 143M
MB 131
MB 200
MB 210
LeO 451
Potez 540
Potez 633
Ca 309
Ca 310
Ca 135
Ca 101
Ca 133
Ba 88
S.M. 79
S.M. 81
S.M. 85
Z. 1007
P. 32
B.R. 20
PZL 37
T V
G I
According to my sources the top speed of the Ju-88A1 is 450 km/h, 475 km/h and later 500 km/h being reached in 1940.
The final Ju-88, the G-7b, had a top speed of 626 km/h with MW-50 and a cruise speed of 560 km/h.
Anyway in 1939 the LeO 451 was an impressive a/c, however whilst being superior in many ways to the Ju-88A1 it nonetheless didn't pocess anywhere near as good a handling.
I agree Soren, if it is used only as a bomber I would take the LeO 451 over the Ju-88 A, but of course the Ju-88 was designed to be used as multi role, (NF etc), which is a big advantage. Also I think that in low level performance (attack bomber) the Ju-88 would be superior, am I right?
...and again, the question is begged, which "start" are we referring to in this thread?unlucky the martin maryland became operational only in january 1940, this is too late for this topic