I agree about Messerschmitt, it seems after the Bf-109 and 110 which were good machines (especially 109 of course) most of his subsequent design were monumental failures, the 210, the 309, wasting time with the 209 (first), and not sure if 209A(V5) was any good, though it was going in the right direction at least (using as many 109 components as reasonably possible) even if bested by the FW-190D. As i understand he was a political animal (one anecdote says that he tried to convince Hitler to build the rejected Me-209A(V5) instead of Me-262) probably exacerbated by his meteoric rise to fame and power, in 1935 he was almost no one, while in 1940 he was running an aviation empire and was one of Hitler's favourites no?TBH, Willi Messerschmitt as a designer is vastly overrated.
Anyway back to the Me-210, there's one thing what the germans would do if they cancel the 210, and another what we think it's best for them to do. Imo, instead of the 210, which according to whom you ask swallowed resources for at least 1000-1500 aircraft or even more, continue building more 110F/G with the freed resources plus some more Me-109Gs (including in Hungary, have them build extra 109Gs instead of the OTL Me-210) while instead of the Me-410, build 2000 or more FW-190Cs, obviously! Speaking of which, i was thinking whether a lightened FW-190C (like they did widely with the A models) armed with just the axial gun and two MG-131s would be an effective P-51/P-47 killer? Would it have a sufficient performance advantage over them to make their lives difficult over Germany - thus freeing that many more uparmed FW-190As and Bf-109Gs to attack the bombers?
However, i wouldn't be surprised if the germans, while they might build more 110s instead of the OTL 210 (a good thing), they'd probably used the DB-603s for bombers like Do-217 or some Ju-188 variant! But at least if they'd use even a part of them for more nightfighters like He-219 or even more Do-217 nightfighter variants would be something useful. Also, i'm surprised that there was never a DB-603 powered Ju-88 variant, surely there would be no problem in building bomber and nightfighter Ju-88 variants with DB-603 engines?
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