ME262 Swallow (1 Viewer)

[uksubs]

uksubs/Binder....

Good points linked with these cannons which were only effective at about 550metres was the speed the planes were flying at 300 metres a second and caused difficulties for accurate shooting. The german fighter pilots knew all of these deficiencies or teething problems and acted accordingly using the colloquely termed ''roller-coaster'' attack formation against the bombers before opting for rockets.

What is interesting is the success this aircraft had even at the late stage of the war as I mentioned earlier Schall, Welter and Bar along with Galland and others used this fighter successfully in air-to-air combat against what some have called superior allied fighters.

There is no doubt that we had the edge on numbers etc at that late stage in the war which, is why I posed the question about when they had thought the fighter could have entered service and having substantially more time to iron out these issues (which, the germans were remarkable for doing) and have more pilots experienced in this aircraft rather than their ''experten'' the air war could have been totally different.
Enjoyed your participation
Mitch

Don't forget the Me 262 started carrying twenty four rockets to shoot down the bombers as well

 

[binder001]

Don't forget the Me 262 started carrying twenty four rockets to shoot down the bombers as well

That's interesting - the USAF's F86 reportedly drew the inspiration for its swept wing from the ME262. Later versions of the F86, such as F86D, had a pack of 24 (I think) unguided 2.75" rockets to attack the expected Soviet bombers. What goes around comes around

Gary B.