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Originally Posted by Kutscha
You really think so? Better do some reading up on the conflict between the land segment and the air segment of the USAAF. The American air force fought really hard to seperate from the American Army, finally succeeding in 1947.
Maybe you should do some reading on the P-47 then.
How many times do you have to be told that about dive bombers without air superiority? They would have suffered the same fate, or even worse, than the bombers with the same, or even less, bombing results.
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I know all about the USAAF separating. That is irrelevant to the situation in 1942/3/4/5.
Of course you need air superiority in order to bomb without being shot down by a defending aircraft.
Gaining air superiority was the job of the RAF. The USAAF achieved it, but the RAF, which never stopped talking about its expertise, never even tried to get air superiority over the Reich. The RAF argued that a long-range fighter could never compete with a short-range fighter and so the RAF would not waste time with the Mustang.
Given this prejudiced RAF mindset, it is clear why the RAF refused to have dive-bombers. It could not even imagine how it would gain air superiority.
This was also the reason why it was a disaster for the RAF to decide on CAS.
So do you now understand the answer to your question " How many times do you have to be told that about dive bombers without air superiority?"