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Do you have any details from the book? I can add it to my list, for the time being.The book "Luftwaffe Over America" describes and discusses various German long range bomber projects.
Actually, the plans were to use the B-32 over Europe. Still, with a pressurized cabin and everything, they probably would have done an equal job shitting.My conclusion was that had they known that the prototype B-29 was flying in late 1942 they would have crapped their pants.
Not sure if the Germans would have "crapped their pants" as they still held the majority of air superiority in 1942 over Europe with no real Allies fighter on hand to serve as escort.
They also had the Me264 which was comparable to the B-29, but was abandoned for other projects. The Me264's first flight was just a few months after the B-29's first flight in 1942, also.
And yet it was to have a range that would have eclipsed the B-29 in most any configuration.The difference was that the B-29 took to the air with 4 2,200hp engines, the Me 264 was stuck with . . . . BMW 801s of 1,700hp, with which the aircraft was still underpowered.
And since the engines were the key issue and weren't remedied in time, the 264 was abandoned.
Which happened to quite a few promising types available to the Luftwaffe.
And yet it was to have a range that would have eclipsed the B-29 in most any configuration.
I think that in mid-1944 it would have been a good idea to take a few of the more senior Luftwaffe pilots we had captured and given then a tour. First go to Grumman on Long Island where they were in a race with NAA at Inglewood to see who could turn out more fighters in a day, usually building around 18 airplanes a day. Then to Republic to look at P-47's and Chance Vought to see F4U's. Then to Goodyear to see their Corsair production and Indiana to see the other P-47 plant, followed by Willow Run to look at a B-24 coming off the line every hour. Then to Nashville to see the new P-38 plant and then Kansas for the B-29 factory, followed by Kansas City for the B-25's. Then to Dallas for the new P-51 plant, followed by Inglewood to see the main NAA plant and Burbank for P-38's followed by B-17 production at Van Nuys and Long Beach. Next go down to San Diego to see more B-24's and Seattle for B-17's and B-29's.
Then send them home via Switzerland or Sweden or Spain, getting there right about 7 June 1944. Let them talk about what they saw.
More than likely that a cheaper alternative would have been used...The Gestapo probably would have built a new concentration camp, just for them.
More than likely that a cheaper alternative would have been used...
I think that in mid-1944 it would have been a good idea to take a few of the more senior Luftwaffe pilots we had captured and given then a tour. First go to Grumman on Long Island where they were in a race with NAA at Inglewood to see who could turn out more fighters in a day, usually building around 18 airplanes a day. Then to Republic to look at P-47's and Chance Vought to see F4U's. Then to Goodyear to see their Corsair production and Indiana to see the other P-47 plant, followed by Willow Run to look at a B-24 coming off the line every hour. Then to Nashville to see the new P-38 plant and then Kansas for the B-29 factory, followed by Kansas City for the B-25's. Then to Dallas for the new P-51 plant, followed by Inglewood to see the main NAA plant and Burbank for P-38's followed by B-17 production at Van Nuys and Long Beach. Next go down to San Diego to see more B-24's and Seattle for B-17's and B-29's.
Then send them home via Switzerland or Sweden or Spain, getting there right about 7 June 1944. Let them talk about what they saw.
That picture was probably taken after the war in Europe was over, but think if it wasn't, what effect it might have had on the German's moral if the allies had sent it to them.Unfortunately I have not many informations about $-engine Luftwaffe bombers, sorry.
Four engine Luftwaffe bombers are certainly very interesting by the side of the engineering history, but not from the military side...
Certailnly Luftwaffe could not afford things like this:
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No aluminium, workforce and general resources to build them.
No gas to operate (and train...) them.
And no skilled crew to man them...
I know there was Heinkel's design (P.1041), which became the He.177 Greif; there was Blohm & Voss's P.33; Junkers submitted a design called the EF.61 or EF.71 (forgot which), and a designation called the Ju-85, which despite generally being a Ju-88 with a twin-tail, appeared to have had several iterations, or the designation was used more than once.
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There was also at least two proposals from Messerschmitt/BFW, and an unspecified Henschel project that I know of (I asked earlier today from a person who's a member of Secret Projects): I'm curious if anybody has additional data on the matter.
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Unfortunately I have not many informations about $-engine Luftwaffe bombers, sorry.
Four engine Luftwaffe bombers are certainly very interesting by the side of the engineering history, but not from the military side...
Certailnly Luftwaffe could not afford things like this:
View attachment 574490
No aluminium, workforce and general resources to build them.
No gas to operate (and train...) them.
And no skilled crew to man them...