Black Hornet Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) 370 mph in 1937, better than ME 110, decent range. These could operate minus fighter protection often, ( diving attacks from British fighters could still hit them ). But then they could operate at both low & high altitude. These plus a German version of Operation Pluto, ( fuel lines dragged across channel ), make an interesting what if. Para attacks on airfields was done in mock attacks by the British with very good results I read in I think it was Crosley's book, They gave me a Seafire. One could add JU 86 not built, ( several hundred were ), & in it's place the 4 engined DO 19. These would have better survivability than twins for the simple reason they often can fly home on 2 engines, ( the FW 200 was designed this way for example ). http://airpigz.com/blog/2010/2/11/1937-german-heinkel-he-119-with-2350hp-armrest.html?fbclid=IwAR09NHpBQeZCcw9utRSiGXjC14ZpR_Ayy470V_Haa38ePcisOdj8XGRdAj4 And Japanese copy is reported to have a top speed of 447 mph https://oldmachinepress.com/2012/12/11/yokosuka-kugisho-r2y1-keiun/?fbclid=IwAR1Dh4ja5XDJ99Qn0LH4nJZQ7YBUdaoQY-IcNcY7shAbTluq-BOZ8c_5rkM Edited January 18, 2019 by Black Hornet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hornet Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) JU 86, 900 built https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_86 I'd venture a guess that 3-400 DO 19 could have been built in place of these. In 1974, a mock-staged Operation Sealion was done with Galland as a judge, it was decided to be a fail based on fuel re-supply issue Edited January 20, 2019 by Black Hornet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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