Are you really, really sure?At least the sea is a big enough target that even RAF bombers can hit it
maybe they will accidentally mine the approaches to Belfast by accident instead of just bombing it.
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maybe they will accidentally mine the approaches to Belfast by accident instead of just bombing it.
But would they hit the right sea? Bomber Command was quite capable of aiming at the Baltic and hitting the Adriatic.At least the sea is a big enough target that even RAF bombers can hit it
Don't know they managed to hit not only the wrong countries but ones that were in completely the opposite direction.At least the sea is a big enough target that even RAF bombers can hit it
I'd have to look it up, but iirc in Whale Has Wings I actually put in an OTL reference to an RAF attack during the Norway campaign that actually DID miss the sea!
The RAF personnel aboard the cruiser is as OTL. In the PAM with Francis Chichester being navigation consultant pre-war and now serving as the AM's chief of air navigation, the RAF ITTL are generally arriving on the right target, on the right continent ant the specified time!!! not always but more often than not.
I could well believe that in the raids on Brest (and other U-boat bases) in at least one case the bombers dropping mines did so over land and those meant to bomb the port dropped them in the sea
Anyone know of such an event?
The Luftwaffe managed to drop a few magnetic mines on dry land allowing the British to devise countermeasures.
I cry Foul, the Luftwaffe drop the magnetic mines on an tidal mudflat, it is "technical" sea for half the time.
Yep. There it is waiting for the cream of His Majesty’s Merchant Marine... the metal hermit crab.
Fair enough but did they manage both feats in the same raid?
Errolwi
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One of the issues with Hurricanes is their poorer rate of climb, right? So they are still going to struggle, although they might find it worthwhile to have limited standing patrols with drop tanks?
That is the problem facing the RAF in the Mediterainean at the moment, with the arrival of the newest Me 109's the Hurricanes and Falcons are outclassed.
Driftless
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The constant need for a course of continuous improvement, with an occasional leap of performance
In the PAM TL as in OTL by 1941 the Hurricane with the Merlin XX had just about reached it's performance design limit. Hence it's phasing out in the UK.
Probably flying on a reciprocal, it’s a very common navigation problem that was a factor in some of the “oops, this is THEIR airfield“ moments that gifted the UK with FW190s etc.
On which note the LW also bombed Germany, the USAAF bombed Switzerland and Oklahoma, etc etc. So while the RAF might have been undisputed champions of the bombing blunder it’s not like they were playing unopposed.
That is very interesting, I did not know about her but I did know about the mathematical calculation that was used to Justify the eight gun armament.
Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the information.
The Hurricane suffers from leading edge drag. It has rough, sagging, gapped and bumpy surfaces. The wings are way too thick at 19% thickness to chord ratio at the wing root (cf 13.5% for the Spitfire). Could something like the P-51 be built by Hawker domestically?
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