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The Air Raid on Bari was an air attack on Allied forces and shipping in Bari, Italy by Nazi German bombers on December 2, 1943. In the attack, 105 German Junkers Ju 88 bombers of Luftflotte 2, achieving complete surprise, bombed Allied shipping and personnel operating in support of the Allied Italian campaign, sinking 17 cargo and transport ships in Bari harbor.
I don't know about that. The 2 December 1943 air stike on Bari, Italy shows that German light bombers could dish out serious damage even late in the war. In that particular bombing raid the attacking aircraft were Ju-88s. However they could just as easily have been Me-210Cs.
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I agree with this. All other things being equal, the DB603 is superior to the DB605. However all other things were not equal. 1943 Germany did not have enough DB603 engines to go around but they had plenty of DB605 engines. Using DB605 engines for the Me-210C/D gives you a small but acceptable performance decrease. In return you can build the Me-210C/D light bomber in greater numbers as there are plenty of DB605 engines available. You can also build 500 or so Fw-190Cs using DB603 engines which historically powered the Me-410s built during 1943.The 603A develops a lazy 1750PS I mean that's without even trying, it's got 1600PS just cruising around on steig u-kampfleistung for half the mission. There's no real comparison. Critical altitude is the same, loadbearing up, climb rate much higher, sustained manoeuvres much more easily, and all this at the normal power settings without even pulling out all the stops.
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Compare the combat/pilot reports of the Me109F-4 in particular to the G-2 who's sparkling debut was killing Marsielle.
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It's not quite as simple as fastening two Me-109Gs together. The center wing section will be unique and the cockpit will be different as you need to accomodate instruments for two engines. The jury rigged Me-109Z may work but I suspect the Fw-187 would perform better and cost no more to produce. The Fw-187 is also production ready practically from the begining of the war.since the 109 is already in the production, producing the 109Z version should've been a no-brainer
Hello Kris
LW found out that Me 410 was unsuitable for night fighter duties, so it would have been surprising if Me 210Ca would have been successful in that role.
Hello Maximowitz
as I wrote NJG 1 and LW's night fighting specialists found it unsuitable. On KG 2 and KG 51 night intruder missions; peanuts, I would say. And were those missions very successful depends how one defines "very successful".
Juha