How would people in a fantasy world (GoT, DND) react to certain fighters and bombers?

[UF05P0TT3D]

I would like to hear how you'd think they'll react to specific fighters and bombers, like the Mustang, Spitfire, Mitchell, Lancaster, so on and so on, please.

 

[Howard Gibson]

Would a Lancaster be a good substitute for one of those dragons?

Could you build any of those aircraft without standard parts like fasteners and hydraulics fittings?

 

[Greg Boeser]

It's all magic.
Unicorn farts for fuel.

 

[GrauGeist]

Did we not just have this question posed a week ago?

 

[doc_nele]

I guess I am old and aircraft in question is from the Cold war era, but I bet Conan the Barbarian would love to spend time next to Foxbat (MiG-25). Reasons?
-It is a weapon of steel (mainly made of, anyway);
-It has 11lb of silver plating around its engines (can't go broke!);
-It carries a lot of drink (76gal of radar cooling fluid that is basically a purified vodka).
Cannot find a better mount for him!

 

[eljefe]

I would like to hear how you'd think they'll react to specific fighters and bombers, like the Mustang, Spitfire, Mitchell, Lancaster, so on and so on, please.

I would think that any aircraft would be so novel to them, and the range of WWII aircraft so similar, even from a Yak-3 to a B-29, that they would be all treated much the same. The whole concept of a flying machine or boat or ship or mechanical bird, however it would be perceived, would seem like some kind of magic.

In a military sense, they would soon learn they would be safe from machine guns if they could get under heavy stone roofs, and that only deep caves and excavations would protect them from most bombers.

Here's a thought. You're on the Iron Throne in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire. Would your reaction really be any different if the Red Tower was strafed by BF-109s vs being strafed by P-51s? I don't think so. Now, imagine a bombing run. How would you react differently to the Red Tower being targeted by a dozen JU-88s vs. a similar number of B-24s? I think that if you survived, you would learn very quickly that towers weren't a good place to be when the "giant magic bird machines" were flying, and I doubt you would be counting engines and declaring, "Oh, no worries, they're only light bombers" before a run.

 

[GrauGeist]

The Douglas AD-1 has entered the chat...

 

[Howard Gibson]

I would think that any aircraft would be so novel to them, and the range of WWII aircraft so similar, even from a Yak-3 to a B-29, that they would be all treated much the same. The whole concept of a flying machine or boat or ship or mechanical bird, however it would be perceived, would seem like some kind of magic.

In a military sense, they would soon learn they would be safe from machine guns if they could get under heavy stone roofs, and that only deep caves and excavations would protect them from most bombers.

Here's a thought. You're on the Iron Throne in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire. Would your reaction really be any different if the Red Tower was strafed by BF-109s vs being strafed by P-51s? I don't think so. Now, imagine a bombing run. How would you react differently to the Red Tower being targeted by a dozen JU-88s vs. a similar number of B-24s? I think that if you survived, you would learn very quickly that towers weren't a good place to be when the "giant magic bird machines" were flying, and I doubt you would be counting engines and declaring, "Oh, no worries, they're only light bombers" before a run.

Maybe they have developed internal combustion engines and wings, but they have not updated weapons. Imagine a B29 flying low over the town and relying on the bombardier and his lance!