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Re: German success against the Nijmegen and Remagen bridges.
The V-2 did not have the accuracy to aim at a bridge, or even a river. Any such success would have been by chance. The V-2 was aimed at cities, mainly London and Antwerp.
I've not heard of dedicated dive bombers (Ju.87s) being used on the Western Front. The Ju 88 may be a possible contender. Most of the references to attacks at Remagen I've seen involve the jets.
Vol 2 of the recent Shores/Thomas 2 TAF series describes the actions of the 27th over Nijmegen: 45 of the claims are for fighters (41 identified as being from JG units) and one Me 410. Four Ju 88s were observed but escaped. It seems likely that the majority of any attacks on the bridges will have been carried out by Jabos - mainly Fw 190s I suspect. These would have been identified as fighters in the claims, but the book does not mention jabos as such. The descriptions are all of combats over the area, not interceptions of bombing aircraft. The Luftwaffe lacked a significant bomber force and such were not survivable in daylight on the Western front.
Perhaps you could explain why your heading refers to non-existent success against the Nijmegen bridges? Shouldn't it read German "failures"?
Last edited by Graham Boak; 6th August 2009 at 11:34.
Reason: Afterthought
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