Parameters for aerial torpedo training?

In 1938 Germany, any place other than the Baltic or North Seas to train torpedo bomber pilots?


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So, to keep this moving along...

I think of the "fresh water" training like unto the rifle training I got in the US Army, where you shoot at stationary targets, and get a beginners basic understanding of your weapon and what it can do. Eventually, you are going to want to have more advanced training, that would have to include inclement weather, bad visibility, distractions and oh yea, moving targets!

Since this is moving forward fairly fast, I'll go ahead and put forth one possibility for a 1938 German torpedo bomber training facility that is (Just barely) within Germany's boarders. I did a few minutes of google searching for lakes in Germany with the greatest depth, under the impression that a lake 100' or more deep would be needed, and it had to be a couple miles long, and came up with THIS. Would such a location fit the physical needs of such a training facility? Given it's close proximity to the French and Swiss boarders, I know it cannot fulfill the security requirements, but before I go looking for a natural site (Or posit the construction of an artificial or augmented one), I want to know if all the "basic" torpedo bomber skills could be learned on this lake. Note the time of the damn's completion, and the raising of the original lakes depth by 30 meters (99 feet), so underwater obstructions should be limited out in the middle. So my questions:

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Could such an augmented lake serve for torpedo bombing in the purely physical characteristics? If no, why not/what does it lack?

Apparently the Luftwaffe did use Niedersonthofen lake, near Kempten, Allgau, Bavaria. as a testing facility.
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(For the abortive Bomb-Torpedo project)
 
BTW: Why would the Luftwaffe have to hide basic weapon training in 1938? The cat was a couple miles away from the bag by the time of the Munich agreements.

How about this? Make an arrangement with Spain (the government is obviously beholden to the Reich, at least enough to agree to a short term lease of some space at an airfield) and you can now conduct practice in the Atlantic or Med. Be real assholes about it and practice in the Bay of Biscay or Gulf of Cadiz. :p

I believe the underlying premise is to "Pearl Harbor" (or as the RN called it, "Copenhagen") the RN within 3 days of war starting. Since the North Sea and Baltic had fishing and merchant ships, OP is looking for quiet places to practice. Spain is a good idea.
 
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How about this? Make an arrangement with Spain (the government is obviously beholden to the Reich, at least enough to agree to a short term lease of some space at an airfield) and you can now conduct practice in the Atlantic or Med. Be real assholes about it and practice in the Bay of Biscay or Gulf of Cadiz. :p

They had that agreement with Spain. German pilots and aircraft were supporting Francos group. Remember? That was through 1938 and right to the end in 1937. Martin Harlinghausen, seconded from the Luftwaffe in 1938 to the rebel coalition was developing extreme low level attacks (skip bombing) against Republican controlled cargo and warships. He flew a He59. If the Germans have been developing torpedoes before 1938 they would likely be using them under combat conditions in the Spanish Civil war that year.
 
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So, in terms of total land area, could we see such a "beginners guide to torpedo bombing" range set up on as little as 2 square miles, with a central water channel?
 
To start a basic course you don't even need water. You just need a clear area that has no obstructions for the run in, you just need a way to check where the drop lands. Then as you figure out who can fly straight and level for the required distance at the required height you move to water.
 
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