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Old 3rd May 2012, 22:50
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Re: A 'what if' question RE: LW vs 8th AF

Nick, because of the limitation of the technology in WWII, any night time attack could not be coordinated, in order to commit any kind of large scale and sustained attack on US airbases, Luftwaffe had to first solve the night time navigation problem, which was no way could be done by flying low level all the way from their airports in continent to UK, then come the another problem, how to overcome RAF night air defense system, we all know that Luftwaffe suffered very high losses in the Operation Steinbock, I simply do not see Luftwaffe had any chance, may be some small scale tactic success, no more than that.
By the way, was the WWII era air-to-air rockets were notorious for its inaccuracy?
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