New Video: What the Germans thought about Italian Fighter planes
Added 2020-10-22 21:17:27 +0000 UTCHey all,
In this video I have a look at a summary from the Luftwaffe on comparison flights between German Bf 109s and Fw 190, against four different Italian machines. The German's even identify a favourite - but which one is it?
Big thank you to all of you who allow me to understake the research trips that result in these videos!
Chris
Comments
Thanks John! Yes, it's interesting to see how 'multi-roll' is a theme that comes around, goes around.
Military Aviation History
2020-10-27 18:58:05 +0000 UTCThanks for another great video, Chris! I had not known that the Luftwaffe even considered adopting Italian aircraft in WWII. It was interesting to hear the criteria they wanted at the time, like wanting fighters that could easily be fighter-bombers. That is not unlike the US in the 1950's until John Boyd's studies in the 1960's that led to the F15 and then the F16... It reminds me of some of the comments I heard from Israeli AF folks about their desire to modify the F15's they bought from the US later to meet their own needs.
2020-10-26 16:20:52 +0000 UTCHey Miguel, I'd have to check the actual timeline of things, but I think production continued in parts. I'd have to check though
Military Aviation History
2020-10-25 21:49:36 +0000 UTCHey Gary, yes this is one of those interesting twists of history. Certainly worth a video when I can make it
Military Aviation History
2020-10-25 21:48:05 +0000 UTCOn the German analysis on the Italian fighters. Could it have done not to decide if producing them in Germany made sense, but instead to decide if to keep them under production and development at the Italian factories Germany took over after the Italian capitulation?
Miguel Aldaz
2020-10-25 03:00:42 +0000 UTCYes, please, keep using and translating original reports. It’s always intriguing and interesting learning about what they were thinking back then.
Miguel Aldaz
2020-10-25 02:58:12 +0000 UTC
