Me-110 Underrated

[Schweik]

Well that is what Churchil said.


The problem is that I see so much effort to present the Germans making 'mistakes' for losing to ridiculously overwhelming forces throughout the war when in fact we should be looking at the mistakes of the others who took so many casualties and delays against tiny forces. Mate, 1 million men with 25,000 vehicles and 15,000 aircraft managed to take a seaside town of Caen 10 km away from the beach on 16 July from a baby division only after carpet bombing the hell out it at night with 15,000 French citizen casualties and you call that what a triumph? A German mistake or plan? The plan was to take Caen on 6 of June. Anyway. Sorry, I can't buy that.

If you don't like those results how do you feel about the invasion and conquest of Crete?

 

[Schweik]

If you are loose with your spelling you may lose the argument. BTW I didn't indulge in any discussion of Greek.

If you're going to be pedantic be correct!

 

[pbehn]

If you're going to be pedantic be correct!

It is Muphreys law.

 

[Schweik]

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They destroyed the Luftwaffe in the air and on the ground.

And the luftwaffe destroyed most of the Russian air Force on the ground in the early days of Barbarossa Japanese destroyed most of the Anglo American air forces on the ground during Pearl Harbor, the invasions of Malaya, Philippines etcetera. When the Allies won the initiative they did the same thing back to the Axis. That is generally how it is done if you have the capability.

 

[Milosh]

I appreciate the effort, but the link doesn't load.

 

[swampyankee]

Sure. And they wouldn't ignore the other twin-engined fighters that preceded it, going back to WWI. The would also look at non-military aircraft.

 

[Snautzer01]

PART ONE:
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The above caption mainly covers another photo of A2+LK on the opposite page.

PART TWO:
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S9+AH was the Bf 110 of Martin Lutz, Staffelkapitän of 1./Erpr. Gr. 210, later third Gruppenkommandeur. He pranged this one, so being the Boss, he comandeered another from the unit, S9+DH, and on 27th September 1940 was shot down and killed in S9+DH in a raid against The Parnall Aircraft Factory at Yate, near Bristol.

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With this last photo, the only info myself and a Swedish researcher (who I had liaised with for years) had was the in the first sentence of the caption. It took many weeks to arrive at the position of the unit, the aircraft, and most importantly, who the pilot was addressing the groundcrew upon return from a cambat mission over southern England.

Profiles by Fernando Estanislau.

Are you planning to write some more?

 

[Dimlee]

And the luftwaffe destroyed most of the Russian air Force on the ground in the early days of Barbarossa

No, not the most. Old myth.

 

[John Vasco]

Are you planning to write some more?

No, over 10 books on the Bf 110, I think I have exhausted it all.

 

[Snautzer01]

Shame. But understandable. Perhaps another type?

 

[SaparotRob]

Brewster B-239/339??

 

[swampyankee]

It is Muphreys law. View attachment 586197

Murphy's

 

[pbehn]

Murphy's

Nope, Muphrys law is that when you pull someone up on spelling or grammar you will always spell or punctuate incorrectly yourself. A variation on Murphys law where anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Muphry's law - Wikipedia

 

[John Vasco]

Shame. But understandable. Perhaps another type?

At my age, there's nothing in the tank to start on something new.

So I'll just continue to participate in, and hopefully help, forums with information on the 110.

I STILL haven't found that bloody elusive pic of Rubensdörffer's 110!

 

[Snautzer01]

At my age, there's nothing in the tank to start on something new.

So I'll just continue to participate in, and hopefully help,forums with information o the 110.

I STILL haven't found that bloody elusive pic of Rubensdörffer's 110!

Well keep an eye out for my eBay Messerschmitt Me110, one can never know. If there is a profile i will keep an extra eye out for possibles

 

[SaparotRob]

At my age, there's nothing in the tank to start on something new.

So I'll just continue to participate in, and hopefully help,forums with information o the 110.

I STILL haven't found that bloody elusive pic of Rubensdörffer's 110!

Hey, that didn't stop Caiden. Save some effort and make stuff up.

 

[SaparotRob]

Nope, Muphrys law is that when you pull someone up on spelling or grammar you will always spell or punctuate incorrectly yourself. A variation on Murphys law where anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Muphry's law - Wikipedia

..and my favorite, interchangeable parts aren't.

 

[Husky]

..and my favorite, interchangeable parts aren't.

And, friendly fire isn't

 

[John Vasco]

1, Hey, that didn't stop Caiden.

2. Save some effort and make stuff up.

1. Who's Caiden? Would he be a certain someone who did Bf 109 books in th e1960s/70s?

3. I leave that to others. Wait 'til we hit the main period of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in a couple of months time. It's already been building up. I've been called various names for saying that James Nicholson (249 Squadron) did not shoot at a Bf 110 on 16th August, thereby getting the VC in a burning Hurricane. Also, one lady, who to me obviously in love with the photos of Hans-Joachim Marseille, called me a jerk after she said Marseille did not fly in the West, and I pointed out that he flew in the BoB with Lehrgeschwader 2. Hell. Man, what do I know about the Battle of Britain over her, apart from 40 years worth of research into it!

It's gonna be an interesting high summer!

 

[SaparotRob]

Looking forward to it. I got a lot of reading to catch up on!