SaparotRob
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Exactly.
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Exactly.The U.S. had the B-19 (though a one-off), which wad a result of the USAAC's prewar XLRB project.
Otherwise, no, nothing that could cross the Atlantic and bomb Germany at the start of the war.
The B-29 and B-36 were actually the result of the Army needing something to bomb Germany in the event that Britain fell.
The Germans flew an Fw 200 Condor passenger aircraft from Berlin Staaken to New York before the war, but that was a friendly flight.
Berlin-tokyo was possible, several flights were done with far inferior planes
What about using V-1 flying bombs as a sort of cruise missile?
...to non-existent. The V-1 had a rudimentary guidance system based on a Veeder counter, basically it was pointed in the direction of where it needed to go, the counter through revolutions of the propeller at the front wound down until it stopped at which time, calculated as to the time it would take from flying from its departure point to the target area, would cut the fuel lines to the engine and deflect spoilers under the hori-stab to push it into its terminal dive. A two-gyro stabilisation system that actuated the rudder and elevators kept it the right way up.The chances of hitting something vital would be small.
...to non-existent. The V-1 had a rudimentary guidance system based on a Veeder counter, basically it was pointed in the direction of where it needed to go, the counter through revolutions of the propeller at the front wound down until it stopped at which time, calculated as to the time it would take from flying from its departure point to the target area, would cut the fuel lines to the engine and deflect spoilers under the hori-stab to push it into its terminal dive. A two-gyro stabilisation system that actuated the rudder and elevators kept it the right way up.
During the V-1 Blitz, they ended up all over the place across England. I can't remember the statistic but I vaguely remember reading that around 60 percent of those that crashed and were not shot down missed London all-together.
Some of that can be credited to British double agents, who fed incorrect landing positions for the bombs. These reports said that the bombs were over-shooting London, so the Germans adjusted the range. The result was that V-1s were falling short.
There was the Qantas "Double Sunrise" flights across the Indian Ocean from 1943.I'm sure they were possible, but I did New York to Teheran on a 747, 19 hours aloft, as passenger. I sure would not want that flight in a piston-engined plane pulling 200 IAS.
Early in the war, a German raid could have been worthwhile if it resulted in aircraft being diverted from hunting U-boats to coastal patrol. Late in the war, the Allies had enough aircraft to cover all possible missions.A Luftwaffe attack on the east coast would be along the same lines as the Doolittle said.
It wasn't meant to be a crippling blow, militarily, it was to show the people (and their military) it could be done.
The Japanese planned to use their I-400 class subs in a similar fashion, but they took too long and were never able to realize their full potential.
However, a smaller carrier sub did attack the U.S. by air, I-25 bombed the forest of southern Oregon (with the intention of starting forest fires) with it's E14Y, which was a wast of effort.
Early in the war, a German raid could have been worthwhile if it resulted in aircraft being diverted from hunting U-boats to coastal patrol.
It wasn't meant to be a crippling blow, militarily, it was to show the people (and their military) it could be done.
The Battle of Los Angeles is a good example of civic paranoia!First they have to be able to do it, which the Germans couldn't really. In Germany's case it's a bit of a red herring in its impact given that by 1943 its cities are being rained on by day and night. I doubt the propaganda value of one aeroplane dropping a few bombs aimlessly over the USA will have much impact on the German people being subjected to the likes of the Hamburg raids.
The Battle of Los Angeles is a good example of civic paranoia!
Thinking long range, long endurance patrols off the coast so that the short range fighters could be alerted.Two different type of aircraft?
Hunting U-boats required long range maritime patrol aircraft, like the B024.
Coastal patrol by fighter types?
Thinking long range, long endurance patrols off the coast so that the short range fighters could be alerted.
None made it past my relatives on the Maine coast eitherMy parents sat in watch towers in Virginia and Washington, DC and not a single German bomber got past them.