Yes, You’re probably right there Ollie………….mind you, if they didn’t overengineer things they were probably put up against a wall and shot 😮 Mark

I read that workers at a Hamburg submarine building yard who cut corners were publicly beheaded with an axe if they did not carry out welding properly. When you think what the Axis were using at the end of the war you can see how advanced they were: ballistic and cruise missiles, TV guided ASMs, primitive guided AAMs, jet and rocket fighters, assault rifles, helicopters. Luckily for us it was all too little, too late.

I never appreciated how big that bird is/was. Is there much information as to what the performance of the orginal would have been?

I’m gutted to hear that these Tiffies were definitely scrapped. I always held out the faint hope that something remained of them out in the sands.

I suppose dozens of flying heavies would have been too much to ask but saving “one of each” would have been achievable.

It was called “The Aeronauts” over here and shown on BBC. Do you know if it is available in France on DVD or video? Must have cost a lot of money to make if it featured jet-flying scenes.

The irony is that the Luftwaffe had the two war-winning (or at least getting a draw) weapons that they needed: the V1 and the Me262 (maybe the Arado “flying blowtorch”, too). They were just employed incorrectly.

Why not consider publishing on the internet? I found I had some interesting material about my father’s wartime service but it would not be enough to interest a publisher and I found vanity publishers not much use. With internet publishing, I found that I could add photos and text as I unearthed more information, your readership is limitless and the most you will pay is a few quid for your own domain name if you really want one. I found a friendly teenager who told me how to set up a site. A side benefit is that anyone interested in your subject can contact you and send you additional material. I now believe that I have been in contact every living member of 137 Squadron RAF and that has been very satisfying. Only drawback is that sites need a bit of time to maintain and I have been neglecting mine lately due to domestic upheaval.