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Re: Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?
Tcolvin
"The fighter-bomber was thus born over the Bzura."
Now they used fighter bombers in WWII and LW used them in Spanish Civil War, He 51s.
On Poland's AA defences, IIRC they had some 380 40mm Bofors AA guns etc.
"army had been abandoned by the RAF at Dunkirk."
Now I'd say that that is a one-sided statement when one thinks the air combats over Dunkerque.
"IL-2 were bombers which could survive over the battlefield and not fighter-bombers which could not survive..."
Now Il-2 losses were very heavy and without better fighter escorts would have been even disasterous because Bf109 with gun gondolas or Fw190 could shoot them down, I'll not say easily but without too much difficulties. And Il-2s were vulnerable to AAA fire from 20mm upwards. Of course they were "harder" targets than fighter bombers and were practically invulnerable to rifle and 7 - 8mm mg fire which could be deadly to fighter-bombers. But on other hand fighter-bombers were less vulnerable to enemy fighters.
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