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Re: Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?
Graham,
As one Lancastrian to another, I have to say that I think you did not see the programme that was shown on UK TV in the last 12-18 months which took apart the US claims of the accuracy of their jet fighter-bombers in recent conflicts (it might have been on the History Channel). Their accuracy claims were grossly overstated, and this programme proved the case. I wish I would have videod it. I was frankly surprised that with all of the modern technology they possessed, they were nowhere near as accurate as one would expect.
As for accuracy with the 262 given its high speed, which others have mentioned, it all boils down to speed, dive angle, height and point of release. And that's not from me, but from the Lw pilots who were doing it in WW2 that I interviewed.
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