I wonder if anyone else here ever gets those “what if” moments where they wonder what
would happen if aircraft appeared out of their period in time.
One I sometimes consider, is if the RAF or USAAF had had a couple of squadrons of A-10s available on the
breakout from the Normandy beachhead.
Another is being at an airshow at Duxford, when all of a sudden a squadron of Hurricanes appear through the clouds
and land in front of the assembled spectators. This is probably inspired by an episode of the Twilight Zone, where a
WWI aircraft landed at a modern day airfield.
By: trumper - 23rd April 2013 at 18:32
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By: Stuart H - 22nd April 2013 at 23:55
I’d bet our entire inventory of missiles would be less than a decent sized WW2 German raid. And, I wouldn’t be surprised if the number of bombers that got through would be able to disable the very few UK military airfields we have left, rendering our air defence useless.
By: MSphere - 22nd April 2013 at 01:22
Doubt it. The overall outcome would only depend on how many missiles can RAF take into the air at a given moment.
Firing them from some 5 miles away, completely out of reach of German guns, the Pk would be very close to 100% I think.
By: Stuart H - 22nd April 2013 at 01:08
I wonder if several hundred WW2 piston engined german bombers supported by FW 190’s and Me 109’s would overwhelm the RAF’s current front line capability…
I suspect the sheer volume of cheap and cheerful aircraft would overcome a very few high tech expensive machines. And didn’t Me 262’s and Komets find that flying fast gave them less time to acquire a target?
By: silver fox - 21st April 2013 at 22:54
I wonder if anyone else here ever gets those “what if” moments where they wonder what
would happen if aircraft appeared out of their period in time.One I sometimes consider, is if the RAF or USAAF had had a couple of squadrons of A-10s available on the
breakout from the Normandy beachhead.Another is being at an airshow at Duxford, when all of a sudden a squadron of Hurricanes appear through the clouds
and land in front of the assembled spectators. This is probably inspired by an episode of the Twilight Zone, where a
WWI aircraft landed at a modern day airfield.
You are not alone!!!!!. must admit did have daft thoughts about the Pacific war if the Japanese had run into the present day US 6th Fleet, slighty different encounter and a much quicker resolution.
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April 21, 2013 at 9:27 pm