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I edited my original response, I see that you mentioned if it was possible to have a World War II airplane. This is total fantasy, I get it.Going Total Recall here, but what WW2 aircraft would be useful in sizeable quantities in Ukraine's fight with Russia today? My immediate thought goes to the Douglas A-26 Invader.
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what WW2 aircraft would be useful in sizeable quantities in Ukraine's fight with Russia today?
Po-2 was almost excxlusively two seaters - only some of VIP transport converted was single seater with enclosed aft cokpit for passangersPO-2. Not joking. Are there 2 seat variants? Drone mother ship. Eye in the sky. Quiet for all kinds of mad cap antics. Fly 'em from car parks, fields, small fields. Yup, I'm good with a "Rosie the Rocketeer" or a Fiesler Storch. Don't need quite as much support as a MiG-29 or a Typhoon. Ukraine ain't getting air supremacy stuff which it really needs. Time to get creative.
The U-2 was noisey as hell - that was part of the night harassment scheme.PO-2. Not joking. Are there 2 seat variants? Drone mother ship. Eye in the sky. Quiet for all kinds of mad cap antics. Fly 'em from car parks, fields, small fields. Yup, I'm good with a "Rosie the Rocketeer" or a Fiesler Storch. Don't need quite as much support as a MiG-29 or a Typhoon. Ukraine ain't getting air supremacy stuff which it really needs. Time to get creative.
I thought I read somewhere about the Night Witches idling down their engines to sneak up on a position before attacking it.The U-2 was noisey as hell - that was part of the night harassment scheme.
Make noise, drop bombs out of the darkness and disappear, which kept the enemy from resting.
On approach, yes, but throttling up hard after dropping the bombs made for quite a bit of noise.I thought I read somewhere about the Night Witches idling down their engines to sneak up on a position before attacking it.
That's the quiet part I meant. Stuff going BOOM tends to wake me up, anyway.On approach, yes, but throttling up hard after dropping the bombs made for quite a bit of noise.
Also keep in mind that "washing machine Charlie" in Korea was the same Polikarpov U-2 type...
Hmm…. Lancasters dropping 22,000 lb Grand Slam earthquake bombs on the Kremlin?If you wanna go beyond Ukrainian borders, how about some strategic air assets?
Not only the Witches. Condor Legion used this tactic in Spain.I thought I read somewhere about the Night Witches idling down their engines to sneak up on a position before attacking it.