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Re: Ju 188 - why not?
Juha: I hadn't thought of it from the approach: Why wasn't the 188 put into production sooner? but I think the answer is the same. All nations underestimated the time needed to develop a new engine, and that was behind both the failure of the Bomber B programme and delays in getting the DB603/Jumo213 families available. It's easy to be too hard on the RLM - clearly progressing in simpler, less advanced, steps wasn't the right answer either. I don't think the 188 could have been brought forward too much - remember that Dornier were building bombers that were left standing out on the airfield for lack of engines.
It is very important to keep the timeline in mind - the Fw190D did not start rolling off the production lines until August 1944, too late for most of the decisions on the Ju188. The engines available in late 1944 weren't there in 1943.
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