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I was flying home yesterday (Boeing 737, if that matters) and I started idly wondering how the plane would perform in the aforementioned scenario. I don't pretend to know anything about the specifications of WW2 era bombers or the conditions encountered so I thought I'd throw it up here.

Some things:

The 737 is faster than the contemporary prop bombers and interceptors -- is it possible for the interceptors to set up a one-time head on firing run?

The 737 has a higher flight ceiling than the prop planes and the late-war jets as well -- but I'm guessing that with WW2 bombs and bombing techniques, it would have to descend to a lower altitude before the target area in order to have any semblance of accuracy.

Questions:

Would a WW2 jet be able to intercept a 737?

What would the survivability of a 737 be in a combat environment? They're civilian commercial aircraft and seem sort of fragile to me, especially in comparison to contemporary bombers like the Superfortress.
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