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Originally Posted by Bombphoon
Lancaster speed with bombload at long range: c. 200 mph
Bf110 nightfighter speed up to 300 mph. (sources: various via google)
Speed combined with sheer size of a Lanc and having to hold position in bomber stream, plus difficult manouevrability = lumbering
Regards
Austin
PS - I like your website - a nice online tribute to some brave young men...
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Thank you Austin, I'm glad you liked the website, which is an on-going project.
Reference speed and performance differentials between the "lumbering" Lancaster and the Bf110/Ju88, never trust mere statistics - take it from the ace-of-aces (and friend of Augenstein) Heinz Schnaufer who, when interrogated shortly after the end of the war said the following:
"(he) considered the majority of attacks ....were carried out with the upward-firing guns. One reason for this was the
little difference in the speeds of the Ju88 and the Me110 compared with the Lancaster and the Halifax"
Where does "difficult manoeuvrability" come from, Harry Cave clearly doesn't think so: "it floated like a bird", "it was like flying a Tiger Moth", "it was responsive to the controls", "to bank or climb or dive, just a slight movement and it performed it beautifully and smoothly" etc etc."
Regards
Max