Danny, sorry about the hare. At a word it will be swiftly despatched, skinned, and served up as stew. The fur should come in handy for lining out your boots jungle aircrew as well. As you say geopolitics aren't really our game. I was intending for aviation related what ifs, and pulse 1 got the idea nicely with his maritime refuelling query. It illustrates the limitations of WWII air navigation as well as air refuelling that the air gap was closed not by long range reconnaissance aircraft but rather by short range ones flying from escort carriers.
It was those very same limitations, of navigation and range that makes Hess's flight so remarkable. His aircraft crashed within 12 miles of his intended landing site which was now blacked out, and would have been less if he had not been delayed by the difficulty of abandoning it. He may have been at the top of the Nazi hierarchy, but he must also have been a damned good pilot!