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To: LindyBill who wrote (37932)	8/15/2002 11:10:59 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I have always felt that the "quick fix" for the "TOT" of the ME109 was drop tanks Yes, I'm fairly sure if I worked for the Luftwaffe I would have ended up being shot for one reason or another. I expect many were and the plans went ahead as history tells us. OTOH, the best boss I ever worked for was a German. He lived most of his life in the USA though. I'm closely watching the situation in the USA news.ft.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (37932)	8/15/2002 2:37:38 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

have always felt that the "quick fix" for the "TOT" of the ME109 was drop tanks. Maybe, but their biggest problem towards the end was that they were losing so many pilots, it was bleeding their airforce. When the Brits lost a plane, if the pilot bailed out, was often flying the next day. But if you were German, you became a POW for the duration. But most historians acknowledge the Germans were on the verge of putting the RAF on the ropes by bombing their airdromes and aircraft factories. But then there was the raid on Berlin and the Germans responded by bombing cities instead. Brilliant, if not Machiavellian, strategy by Churchill.. Goading the Germans into bombing London in order to give the RAF a breather, at the expense of the British people. Hawk