How Many Me-262s To Stop Pverlord

I'm not arguing, just asking to be educated. Why could not a Me 262 drop a dive bomb? It was originally built as a bomber. And it would not take much to sink some of lighter invasion craft.

What would be key is the mind of the allied high command. If they think the Germans can sink enough ships to disrupt the invasion, they would not start the invasion.

Because it had no bombsites poor visibility and compressibility issues whilst diving?

You could only use them to drop anti personal cluster bomb canisters which are useless against ships
 
To answer the question as posed, the OTL Me262 fleet of about 200 aircraft never reached 60 sorties in a single day due to a range of factors, most stemming from the unreliability of their engines and their best day was 16 kills. The USAAF alone regularly flew 2500 sorties per day over Europe and the RAF would match this.

So crudely scaling this up, 2000 Me 262s would fly 600 sorties and get 160 kills in a day and 4000 Me 262s would fly 1200 sorties and get 320 kills in a day.

So the magic number of Me 262s needed to stop Overlord would be in the order of 5000 airframes. Which is why people say its impossible.

Also, in OTL, Me-262s were primarily used as bomber interceptors. To acheive true air superiority you have to wrest it from enemy fighters. The record of Me-262's in fighter vs fighter combat was not all that impressive.

Not to change the subject, but 1000 Japanese Ohkas, Fi-103s, or specially armed and prepared Me-163s installed in underground launch chambers, and manned by suicidal SS volunteers, could probably play havoc with the troopships and escorts even in an environment of total allied sir superiority.
 
Also, in OTL, Me-262s were primarily used as bomber interceptors. To acheive true air superiority you have to wrest it from enemy fighters. The record of Me-262's in fighter vs fighter combat was not all that impressive.

Not to change the subject, but 1000 Japanese Ohkas, Fi-103s, or specially armed and prepared Me-163s installed in underground launch chambers, and manned by suicidal SS volunteers, could probably play havoc with the troopships and escorts even in an environment of total allied sir superiority.

Nope. They'll cause casualties and make the invasion a little more difficult, maybe, but they'll be nothing more than a speed bump.

Let's look at a similar situation: Okinawa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

The kamikaze attacks sank 28 ships and damaged 368 more, inflicting nearly ten thousand casualties, yet the Allies were undeterred and took Okinawa anyway. Any conceivable German effort would be similarly futile; the Allies will land anyway.

Even if by some supreme effort the Germans do manage to delay the invasion, which is the most they could possibly accomplish, it won't matter; the Eastern front is collapsing and the Soviets will be coming for them, D-Day or no D-Day.
 
There were so many severe problems for the German AF it is difficult to say which was the biggest. Quality decline was endemic in all aircraft engines, in part due to shortages or absence of critical alloys.

Point taken. There are so many problems for the Luftwafe at that point that there could be a number of them that could be called the worst problem.
 
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