Hey, im new here, and am avid in my search for knowledge about the german, and all airforces in world war two. But the luftwaffe has always captured my mind. anyway, here is a thought that i had. Keep in mind im only 16, and dont know EVERYTHING, thats why im here, to learn. This is a scenario, in other words, if alternate decisions had been made, could the war have turned out differently.
Suppose in early 1942, production of the Bf/Me-109 of all variants and subvariants was cut to half, and the production facilities were devoted to producing the Fw-190, a much more capable fighter, with more range, speed, better handling, and high speed characteristics, and many more possibilties for design changes to improve characteristics. Woudlnt this have at least infulenced the war to some degree? At least extending the Luftwaffes struggle against the heavy bombers of the allies. Now suppose that you begin to recall, and scrap the earliest Bf/Me-109's and use the materials and engines to build more aircraft. Supplying the inline engines of DB-601 and up engines to the Italians and the Japanese. Also, using the spare metals and materials, to build more Fw-200 Condors, to assist the U-boats in the struggle against the Merchant shipping. These Fw-200's were by Winston Churchill himself named the Scourge of the Atlantic. Would this have also influenced the war? i think so. Also, Scrap the Bf-110 production to 1/3 the original capacity, again using the supplies to fund other aircraft production, and suppling the engines to the Italians and the Japanese. These are just some things to think about, i wont get into the future Luftwaffe projects, known as Luft'46, which i know alot about, because this seems to be a factual only website, but i just wanted to get some of my random thoughts out there. thanks for reading, and just think, what if there were more Fw-200's and Fw-190's instead of the Bf/Me-109's. And what if the Italians and Japanese had more inline engines, allowing for more effecient fighters early in the war. Just something to ponder. Thanks for your time. please feel free to email me with thoughts and comments, id love to hear them.