Response to Glider and Juha.

[tcolvin]

Nifty,

My strong opinion against the Typhoon and Spitfire is based on accuracy.

Dive bombing was the most accurate method of bombing in WW2.
This was acknowledged by all those who operated dive bombers - GAF, VVS, USN, USMC, IJN, FAA, Regia Aeronautica, Flygvapnet, and probably more.

Only the RAF refused to operate dive bombers.

Perhaps you (or anyone) would care to give the real reason for the RAF's refusal, rather than the rationalisations put forward by the RAF - such as Dowding's argument that inaccuracy is desirable for its own sake, or the argument that dive bombers are liable to be shot down by fighters.

Tony