verslagen1 wrote on 03/12/14 at 10:12:02:Dave wrote on 03/12/14 at 08:57:11:The rocket planes could see the incoming bombers and take off and intercept them for a brief period...then they would run out of fuel and they had to make a hasty retreat. If they did not get away fast enough the fighter escorts would follow them down and shoot at them while they tried to find a place to land.
It would've been smarter for these to target the fighter escort, come in with fighters for the bombers.
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From what I remember from the program I watched, the Germans did not have any advance notice the Bombers were coming, and they could not scramble their German fighters fast enough to get them in the air....then get to altitude and catch up with them without a long chase. By the time they would catch the Bomberrs the German fighters did not have enough fuel to fight and return to the airfield.
The idea was that the little Rocket planes could quickly catch the squadron, engage them and take a couple of runs at the Bombers, then return to the same area and land. As it turns out they were not too effective.....but they were cutting edge rocket stuff!
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