wuzak
Captain
Another what if subject allowing us to use the great benefit of hindsight.
The idea is simple - list aircraft that were built/used during WW2 which could have been built better had they used ideas from later. These changes would have to be technically feasible in the time frame of the original aircraft, with engines historically available at the time (ie you can't say the Spitfire should have been the Mk XIV at the time of the BoB).
My first thought is the P-61.
Instead of the original concept of the 3 man crew with powered turret with 4 x 0.50s
It should have been built with a 2 man crew, single canopy (or dual if the canopy is too large for 1942/43), keeping the nose radar and teh 4 x 20mm belly cannon.
It would have looked a lot like the P-61E day fighter.
It may have also been fitted with turbos, as per the P-61C, from the start - depending on turbocharger availability.
The idea is simple - list aircraft that were built/used during WW2 which could have been built better had they used ideas from later. These changes would have to be technically feasible in the time frame of the original aircraft, with engines historically available at the time (ie you can't say the Spitfire should have been the Mk XIV at the time of the BoB).
My first thought is the P-61.
Instead of the original concept of the 3 man crew with powered turret with 4 x 0.50s
It should have been built with a 2 man crew, single canopy (or dual if the canopy is too large for 1942/43), keeping the nose radar and teh 4 x 20mm belly cannon.
It would have looked a lot like the P-61E day fighter.
It may have also been fitted with turbos, as per the P-61C, from the start - depending on turbocharger availability.