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There was less than a dozen Ta152Hs operational at any one time. It was only above 40,000' that such speeds were achieved by the Ta152H and even then it required GM1 to do so. At sea level it was slower than the Spit IX and had a lower climb rate > up to 1500fpm less.

The Tempest hardly replaced the Typhoon in squadron service with only 4 of the 30 Typhoon squadrons converting to Tempests.

Now that is an interesting concept. Use war weary a/c in the high stress dive bombing role. Not hard to miss the target when one is a lawn dart.

Yes be sure that 250lb or even 500lb bomb dropped by a single a/c could destroy power station complexes. How were these converted fighters to fly into German airspace before D-Day when they could not even reach the German border without carrying drop tanks?

Graham, Spit XVIs had rear fuselage fuel tanks. These were fitted initially in late 1944.