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And yet it couldn't carry a worthwhile bomb load to England unless it flew with the bomb bay doors ajar! Pelz didn't want it and tried to foist it onto Galland who did, but only modified as a day fighter.
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Steve
And yet it couldn't carry a worthwhile bomb load to England unless it flew with the bomb bay doors ajar! Pelz didn't want it and tried to foist it onto Galland who did, but only modified as a day fighter.
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Steve
Like I said, a slightly better Me 110 that did not have much better survivability. It was 11.5% faster when it really needed another 20 mph and had no better maneverabilty or survivability.
I'd rather have an Me 410 than an Me 110, but would prefer a different plane altogether if I had a choice.
It's sort of like choosing between a short aword and a long sword in a field war when the other side has crossbows.
The Bf110 performed very well in the BoB as a light bomber/ground attack A/C the problem was only one squadron was trained in this speciality. This is discussed at length by Bungay in "The most dangerous enemy" I cant see the 410 being better but the Bf110 was badly used in the BoB in my opinion, perhaps on the eastern fron its time had passed though.. As either it was a bit better than the Bf 110, but not all that much. It might be worth remembering that Bf 110 was a very good night fighter, one of the better in the war. From my point of view, wars aren't won by night fighters, good though they may be. Necessary? Yes. Game changers? No.
The Bf 110 was shown to require a fighter escort of its own during the BOB in all the account I read. It performed very well when not intercepted, as most aircaft that aren't intercepted do if the crews are well-trained, and the Luftwaffe was. The BOB spelled the end of the Bf 110 as an unescorted heavy fighter in the presence of modern fighter opposition.
That's not exactly a stellar perfoamnce.
Almost 500 Me-110s operated as recon aircraft. Presumably they did well in that role also.
However I'll still take a Me-210C or Me-410 for any type mission over the older Me-110.
Source on Pelz rejecting it?
So it was unsuitable as a strategic bomber? Really? WHAT A SURPRISE!!!! An aircraft designed as a heavy fighter/light bomber, did not Carry enough bombs for the strategic role. What a failure from his designers!!!!
Thanks to superior aerodynamics Me-410 was considerably faster even when both aircraft were powered by similiar DB605A engines.