Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?

[Roger Gaemperle]

Franek,

With my remarks about the development of the engines and about the performance recorded in the Messerschmitt report I wanted to point out -based on hard facts - that the Me 262 was not that bad as it was intially asserted and the main reason that it rarely flew between 12'000m - 13'500m were mainly due to the missing cabin pressure and the major target being bombers at lower altitudes.

If you mean higher flying with better you are right if it flew higher than 13'500meters, which I also admitted in my last post. The Ar 234 didn't fly so high as the Spitfire but it was faster than any other propeller driven fighter at 10'000m making it a very effective reconnaissance plane as well. But of course, this fact shouldn't diminish the Spitfire's performance and maximum service ceiling which apparently was unrivaled until years after the war. If I offended you by stating technical facts, I have to apologize.

For me, not being familiar with Spitfires, this thread provided interesting and new information to me and was not intended as "pissing contest" whatsoever. And honestly, I don't see why anybody should see it this way.

I hope we can now go back to a constructive discussion again.

Regards
Roger Gaemperle