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Old 30th June 2007, 21:04
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Question Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?

Alfred Price mentions that Hitler wanted to use the Me 262 as a bomber against the expected landing of Allied troops in Europe, implying that Hitler was right and Adolf Galland was wrong (who wanted to use the Me 262 exclusively as a fighter). Its use against bombers or fighters of the USAAF was a waste of its potential, because, ironically, its high speed would make it clear away past its opponent without giving it much time to fire and inflict lethal damage. Why not, therefore, add, that the Me 262 should have been used offensively against ground air targets in Britain, where it could have attacked and then escaped its pursuers with ease? Remember that the Me 262 was used in Operation Bodenplatte.
 


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