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Dive bomb, or just bomb? At a certain point in the war, the utility of the fighter-bomber was very well established, the Germans even had their own name for it
by hga 12y ago
Dive bomb, or just bomb?
At a certain point in the war, the utility of the fighter-bomber was very well established, the Germans even had their own name for it, Jäger-Bomber I think it was, or Jabo. (I'd recommend the Wikipedia article, but it claims the P-38 was a poor fighter (!!!)).
In general Nazi procurement was extremely subpar at this level. One might think Arthur C. Clarke's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_(short_story) was based on them.
- stcredzero 12y agoDive bomb, or just bomb? Dive bomb. There were attempts to get both the Me-262 and the Arado bomber to do this!
- arethuza 12y agoThe Luftwaffe had an obsession with dive bombing after the initial success of the Stuka. However, making every aircraft design capable of dive bombing wasn't a good idea (fortunately): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe#Dive-bombing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe#Dive-bombing