What's The Best Allied Aircraft That Didn't Go To War?
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Ditto... Was just going to add that.
B-32 Dominator was in a get-well phase
advanced late Second World War German aircraft that...were way ahead of allied designs, I don't believe this myself
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I would vote for the Republic Super Thunderbolt.....amongst a few others.
Just out of interest, which Allied aircraft were comparable to the Me 262..
Its a tribute to the British Aircraft industry that it was never outclassed by the potentially larger German Aircraft Industry.
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Not aircraft but submarines but indicative to the problems Germany had.
A friend was passage crew on some Germany submarines being ferried to Russia as part of the spoilts of war. The valves had to manipulated everyday to stop them seizing up for they were not made of brass as allied submarines were.
Shortage of rare metals probably did for much German production.
A friend was passage crew on some Germany submarines being ferried to Russia as part of the spoilts of war. The valves had to manipulated everyday to stop them seizing up for they were not made of brass as allied submarines were.
Shortage of rare metals probably did for much German production.
Its a tribute to the British Aircraft industry that it was never outclassed by the potentially larger German Aircraft Industry.
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That is an interesting point !
And could also be said about the US industry although
they seemed to be into pumping out the planes as fast as
they could once they found something that worked.
That is an interesting point !
And could also be said about the US industry although
they seemed to be into pumping out the planes as fast as
they could once they found something that worked.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
they seemed to be into pumping out the planes as fast as
they could once they found something that worked
they could once they found something that worked
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Agree, when it came to dropping thousands of dumb bombs from 1000 planes at once, you don't need the top of the range to do it.
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I would've plumped for MB5, dH Hornet, XF-12 Rainbow (surely one of the most beautiful designs), HK-1 Spruce Goose, but one not mentioned so far is Hughes XF-11, which I always thought could have been if it had been fully developed.
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