BarnOwlLover
Staff Sergeant
Let's say there's a country in the Atlantic that's too far away for Germany to attack from the air or with ground forces (though had to contend with their navy during the Battle of the Atlantic). This said country tried to be self-sufficient by building their own indigenous fighter aircraft (though most of their bombers or patrol aircraft were imported or licensed). But as the war went on and things went increasingly in favor of the Allies, they realized that it was simpler for them (and to a degree the Allies as a whole) to import fighters and standardize on them.
So instead of the indigenous fighter, they decide to buy P-51Ds and Spitfire IXs and XIVs, and Mosquitoes as heavy fighters. They did have native designs, but as a contingency measure. Later, they decide to further standardize and wanted to supplement/ultimately replace P-51Ds and Spitfires with P-51Hs/P-51Ls and Mosquitoes with P-82Bs, though with some mods compared to the known production versions (namely cannon armament), with the possibility to either license produce to supplement imports, or at least make components to be somewhat self-sufficient with support though at tech transfer package with NAA.
Are any of these smart moves? Also, I'm accepting that though proposed, the deal to get, let alone build, P-51Hs/Ls and P-82Bs, doesn't happen (or likely doesn't happen) due to war's end and jets coming.
So instead of the indigenous fighter, they decide to buy P-51Ds and Spitfire IXs and XIVs, and Mosquitoes as heavy fighters. They did have native designs, but as a contingency measure. Later, they decide to further standardize and wanted to supplement/ultimately replace P-51Ds and Spitfires with P-51Hs/P-51Ls and Mosquitoes with P-82Bs, though with some mods compared to the known production versions (namely cannon armament), with the possibility to either license produce to supplement imports, or at least make components to be somewhat self-sufficient with support though at tech transfer package with NAA.
Are any of these smart moves? Also, I'm accepting that though proposed, the deal to get, let alone build, P-51Hs/Ls and P-82Bs, doesn't happen (or likely doesn't happen) due to war's end and jets coming.