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With the fall of France and events shortly thereafter, the Germans acquired the following:

*Douglas A-20 'Havoc' aircraft and their Wright Cyclone-18 engines from the United States making 1600-1700 HP each.

*British two-stage supercharged Merlin XX engines (making 1480 HP themselves).

*Farman F.220 airframes of French design, their engines producing only about 1100 HP each and capable of carrying 5190 kg of bombs over 1200 miles with those engines.

-He 177 designs use the ever-troublesome DB 610 design (as did the Ju 288 with the DB 606 'twinned' engine) while the Fw 191 used the rarely working Jumo 222 engines.

So...

1. Could the Germans have used the Cyclone-14 to create a working strategic bomber in early to mid 1941 or tied two together somehow to make a Cyclone 28 using two engines placed together or a native-designed, Allied-inspired engine?

2. Do British two-stage superchargers solve some of the German engines problems by themselves?

3. If the Germans succeed in creating a 2500+ HP engine before mid-1942, what would its impact be on the war? How about if it were placed in a fighter aircraft?
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