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The Catalina was an excellent aircraft, and it was the third highest scoring ASW aircraft with 34 credited U-boat kills, but the greatest ASW aircraft without doubt, was the Consolidated B-24 Liberator with 72 credited U-boat kills.Glider said:The role I was thinking of was the long range maritime recce / Anti Sub role. It was clearly the best on the allied side serving with UK/USA/Russia and built in Russia with or without US approval. I simply cannot think of any Axis aircraft that comes close.
Glider said:The role I was thinking of was the long range maritime recce / Anti Sub role. It was clearly the best on the allied side serving with UK/USA/Russia and built in Russia with or without US approval. I simply cannot think of any Axis aircraft that comes close.
redcoat said:The Catalina was an excellent aircraft, and it was the third highest scoring ASW aircraft with 34 credited U-boat kills, but the greatest ASW aircraft without doubt, was the Consolidated B-24 Liberator with 72 credited U-boat kills.
The Short Sunderland is credited with 27 U-Boat killsdaishi12 said:Hi Redcoat, do you know off hand the stats of the Short Sunderland in the ASW role, bearing in mind that I think there were far fewer Sunderlands in service than either the B24 or Catalina ?
No, seriously, my point about BoB is independent from aircrafts: I believe that the Germans had not enough power (in numbers and in type of aircrafts) to substantially 'damage beyond repair' the British industry and warpower.
Luftwaffe doctrine, so successful in establishing a powerful synergy between air and land operations, was deeply flawed in its understanding of the fundamentals of airpower. The causes were various, but the result was inadequate provision for the industrial investment and resources necessary to sustain operations in the face of high wastage rates that war would bring. By contrast, the Royal Air Force (RAF) was well placed to defend Great Britain, notwithstanding its perceived doctrinal emphasis on strategic bombing. As Richard Overy recently pointed out, the contest the country faced after Dunkirk had been anticipated and prepared for in the 1930s. [1] The Air Ministry, planning the rapid expansion of the front line, had clearly understood the lessons of the First World War, in particular, the high cost--in human and materiel terms--of sustaining air operations.
the lancaster kicks *** said:have a friggin' biscuit..........