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Old 7th July 2007, 01:02
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Re: Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?

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Originally Posted by Graham Boak View Post
I seem to have lost my last two posts.

At the risk of wandering too far from the point, can I point out that the ability to fly reconnaissance missions anywhere over enemy territory, with little or no effect interference: to see what the enemy has got, where it is placed, what he is doing with it, and the results of your own actions; certainly should have been decisive. Not THE decisive effort, but one of the most important. I would also point out that being outnumbered did not seem to be a problem to the Germans earlier in the war. Simply being outnumbered was not decisive in itself.
I agree with Graham reference photo reconnaissance. Without accurate target data the bombing offensive against German industry would have been far less effective. If the bombers only hit targets of oppurtunity or bombed where they thought key industries were located the Germans may not always of been compelled to defend, the Allies thus losing a degree of strategic initiative. The Jagdwaffe may then have been able to conserve some of it's strength and/or deploy it elsewhere. As it was the Jagdwaffe was concentrated to defend German industry and was compelled to try and stop the systematic destruction of key industries and was ultimately bled white until air superiority was lost and it was incapable of stopping the bombing.

Photo reconnaissance wasn't the decisive factor in the defeat of Germany but was one of the parts that contributed to it.

Sorry for being off topic.

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