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Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?

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4th July 2007, 19:46

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Re: Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?

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No chance, the 262 should have been developed as a fighter and only a fighter, mainly as a bomber destroyer.

By 1944 the Luftwaffe had just as great a need for a daytime close support aircraft that could survive in the West. The Fw 190 F wasn't it (see what happened to SG 4 in Italy) since German resources weren't great enough to provide it with escorts on the necessary scale. The 262 on the other hand had a better chance without escorts.

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