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Originally Posted by Peter Spoden
indeed an excellent overview for radar-specialists. Amazing the editors note at the end:
Editors note:
Despite Germanys large technical lead at the beginning of the war, the English
and the US caught up with Germanys radar technology in about 1942 by employing
hug amounts of resources. The MIT Radiation Laboratory alone spent over $2
billion over the five years during the war.6 Only the development of the atom bomb
during WWII could rival by cost an approximate equal amount.
The kill ratio in combat of German Air Force fighters in combat against Allied
aircraft was on the average of 7 to 1 although the Allied aircraft outnumbered the
German aircraft by as much as 10 to 1 and in some cases up to 100 to 1. It is
obvious that the war was not lost because of strategic mistakes or lack of technology
or valor. It was not a question of if the Allies would win the war, most Germans
during the war knew the answer, but “how long would the war last and what would happen to Europe after the war?” |
Amazing indeed. When it comes to airborne radar, the RAF's first kill by a radar carrying night fighter was on 22/23 July 1940 (according to "Night Fighters" by Bill Gunston) and the Luftwaffe's was quite a long while later, wasn't it?