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Originally Posted by John Vasco
Nick: I don't believe she spoke sense about the Ju 87 force. We know that after the combats of 16th & 18th August that the Ju 87s were not used in force again, but she said they were not used because of the distance to London. What?
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To reinforce your point, here's some numbers I picked up from Bundesarchiv RL 2-IV/13: Deutsche Kampf- und Seeflugzeuge.- Leistungsvergleich (Sept.1939–Sept.1944)
Eindringtiefe (radius of action)
Bf 109 E = 200–250 km
Bf 110 C-1 = 400 km
Ju 87 B-1 = 250 km (with 500 kg bombload)
He 111 H-1 = 1000 km (1000 kg)
He 111 P = 960 km (1000 kg)
Do 17 Z-1 = 610 km (500 kg)
Do 17 Z-2, Z-3 = 330 km (1000 kg)
Ju 88 A-1 = 1000 km (1000 kg)
In other words, the Ju 87 could reach any target a Bf 109 could.