To: Mighty Eighth
It wasn't a matter of capability, it was simple numbers. We had many more B17's/fighter cover than they had jets (and fuel). Same situation with Panther/Tiger tank vs the Sherman.
If they had started the jet production a year or two earlier, that really could have changed the air war over Europe. Luckily, Luftwaffe politics helped us out.
16 posted on
01/13/2006 8:31:01 AM PST by
xusafflyer
(Mexifornian by birth, Hoosier by choice.)
To: xusafflyer
Good morning.
Many of the German aces were killed while taking off or landing by P-51s loitering over the Luftwaffe airbases.
It's a wonder that so many survived. That it sucks to lose control of your own airspace is a lesson well worth learning.
Michael Frazier
112 posted on
01/13/2006 11:28:52 AM PST by
brazzaville
(no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
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