http://libertyladybook.com/2009/03/04/luftwaffe/ a B-17 bomber crew, the OSS, and a wartime love story Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://libertyladybook.com/2009/03/04/luftwaffe/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Pat Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:02:27 +0000 http://libertyladybook.com/?p=1022#comment-1073 Excellent ... I will revise the post to correct this. It's too important. THANKS! Excellent … I will revise the post to correct this. It’s too important. THANKS!

]]> http://libertyladybook.com/2009/03/04/luftwaffe/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Tom Sanor Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:14:43 +0000 http://libertyladybook.com/?p=1022#comment-1068 You say, "Their World War II airplanes were advanced but were for the most part two engine planes (unlike the 4 engine B17's) so they were unable to fly as far..." This is mixing apples and oranges. If you are trying to describe the German BOMBERS it is true that ALL of their bombers were smaller and had a shorter range than the Allied bombers, therefore were less effective as BOMBERS. However if you are trying to describe the opponents to the B17, the German FIGHTERS, the most accurate statement after saying "advanced" would be that they were short in range (with small fuel capacity) which made them less effective (than Allied FIGHTERS, for example) because they couldn't stay with the B17's very long before fuel became an issue. The Germans used both 1 engine and 2 engine fighters (as did the Allies) but that had little to do with their effectiveness. Until late in the war the German fighters were equal to the Allied fighters EXCEPT FOR THEIR SHORT RANGE, but later in the war the Allies produced better fighters in huge quantities and the Germans could never overcome that disadvantage. You say, “Their World War II airplanes were advanced but were for the most part two engine planes (unlike the 4 engine B17′s) so they were unable to fly as far…” This is mixing apples and oranges. If you are trying to describe the German BOMBERS it is true that ALL of their bombers were smaller and had a shorter range than the Allied bombers, therefore were less effective as BOMBERS. However if you are trying to describe the opponents to the B17, the German FIGHTERS, the most accurate statement after saying “advanced” would be that they were short in range (with small fuel capacity) which made them less effective (than Allied FIGHTERS, for example) because they couldn’t stay with the B17′s very long before fuel became an issue. The Germans used both 1 engine and 2 engine fighters (as did the Allies) but that had little to do with their effectiveness. Until late in the war the German fighters were equal to the Allied fighters EXCEPT FOR THEIR SHORT RANGE, but later in the war the Allies produced better fighters in huge quantities and the Germans could never overcome that disadvantage.

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