1n 1939 what would your operational airforce look like

[carpenoctem1689]

Anyone ever think of a 1940-41 list? i mean it would really open it up to some discussion, cause alot of new aircraft came into service and production in those two years (A6M, D3A, VG33, Ki-43) just some examples, though a bunch more did. I mean the lists could get longer and more detailed, and people could get into it. Not knowing if it has been done before, ill hesitate to post it myself, but would be more than happy to participate in it.

[loomaluftwaffe]

Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

Not a bad list there actually.

kool i thought u would contradict what i said like what u usually do.

i would like that 1940 post, hate the date restrictions.
maybe ill post my 1940 stuff right here:

Interceptor: He100
Fighter: Bf109, cos of the F model coming soon
Ground Support: ill put bombs and more armor on a Bf110 and
assign it to a Schlactgeschwader
Transport: S.M 81
Heavy Bomber: Stirling
Medium-Light Bomber: Boston
Coastal Recon: SM79/FW200
Carrier Fighter/Escort: A6M, Finally

[plan_D]

"kool i thought u would contradict what i said like what u usually do. "

You've made eleven posts, there's no "usually" concerning you and the regulars here.

I suppose you could set up a new thread and have every year in the war. Basically, my airforce would resemble the RAF throughout the war. It was an extremely well-rounded airforce, with only one major flaw (in my opinion) which was the complete lack of an effective daylight escort fighter. The U.S took up the daylight raids - so the need for large numbers of Mustang IVs in the RAF wasn't really there, I guess.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you could always say you'd continue development of the whirlybird and say you'd use that?

[plan_D]

What's the point? The Mustang was a British order anyway, had the U.S not been the primary daylight bombers then the RAF would have used the Mustang as the daylight escort.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah but not in 1940............

[plan_D]

But I don't care about 1940 - we were in no good situation to go off on a massive strategic bomber campaign. We were still reeling from the Blitzkrieg!

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Originally Posted by loomaluftwaffe

kool i thought u would contradict what i said like what u usually do.

??????? Um Okay, I think pD pretty much covered it for me. Thanks pD.

[plan_D]

No problem

[RAGMAN]

i always wondered if the BF 110 was modified to use the radial bmw engines of the fw 190 how the 110's performance would have been?It could have strong engines for ground attack too...i figured the speed would have been upgraded at least 30 mph,maybe even 50...My computer is crashed and unuseable so I have to use me sisters now i'll check on the forum sporadically now....boo hoo for me...

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I dont know if the Bf-110s structure could handle the BMW-801's. With structural modifications maybe.

[R988]

I would go for the BF 109E or whatever the latest model was by 1939, they were ahead of the British at that stage, Spitfires and Hurricanes were mostly still with two bladed props and no armour and so on, and they suffered fuel starvation with negative G compared to the 109. I assume the 109s also come with experienced German trainers as well to give a few pointers. The 109 also has cannons that would be a heck of lot better at bringing down a bomber than the .303s, which just aerated them.

I'd probably have a few TB3s and I-16s in Zveno configuration as well, worked well enough the few times it was tried anyway, even if only through shock value.

Maybe a Ju-88 or Wimpy as a medium bomber.

Beaufort or Blenheim as an light bomber/antiship torpedo carrier.

DC3 as a transport (even the Japanese used them...)

I would have Beaufighters on order if not in training already
I'd also have the P-38 and P-39 on order, and P-39 in original form with turbocharger as well, that would be my bomber destroyer (37mm should make a mess of them...), same with the P-38 none of the limp wristed non turbo versions the yanks tried to give the British first

I'd probably get some P-40s as well, for use as a close air support machine, they dont make the 1939 service introduction cut off though (hardly anything even half decent does, though plenty were testing by then).

Maybe a Halifax or B-24 on order as a heavy bomber.

[CurzonDax]

Lets see, if I was Marshall in '39 I would be worried. USAAF would have early P-40s, P-39s, early P-38s, C-47s, P-35s, P-36s, B-17B and C (no where near enough of these), all the different versions of the Shrike, and CW-21 Demons (woo-hoo!).

The Navy would have been a little better off with F2Fs, F3Fs, Buffalos (now here is a kickass piece of flying equipment!) and a small amount of F4Fs. Also there would have been SBC Helldiver biplanes, Devastators and PBYs.

Yes like Vanderbilt football, even though the US had some diamonds in the rough, we sucked.

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[Nonskimmer]

Originally Posted by CurzonDax

Yes like Vanderbilt football, even though the US had some diamonds in the rough, we sucked.

:{(

Oh yeah? Look north.
At the outbreak of war, the RCAF had a grand total of approximately 270 aircraft of assorted types. It was like : "Holy ****, we're at war! Omigod, omigod, omigod, omigod! Ah...quick, build some more! A lot more! "

The Royal Canadian Naval Air Service had to be completely reactivated, as it had been disbanded in the inter-war years.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The US isolationism is what kept them from having the type of military that it had at the end of the war at the beginning of the war. The sleeping dragon however soon awakened though.....