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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
my pick is still the Boulton Defiant...
a fighter with no forward firing guns...  |
Hardly, not only did it perform very well until the Luftwaffe started attacking it from outside its firing arc, but it also was a pretty good night fighter later on.
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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
Did they consider warm cloths and oxygen masks? I know very little about WWI aircraft but I know they used Nitrous Oxide as an inhaled sedative in the Civil War and making oxygen can be done by mixing chemicals (I did it in chemistry class). Coudln't they mix whatever they used to deliver inhaled sedatives but hook it to something that made oxygen? Or did they have compressed air back then?
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Well, presumably they did wear warm clothes, I don't know how much they helped at 6,000 meters. I also don't know what they did or could about the oxygen problem. I do know they had plenty of problems with the engines and equipment as well men because of these conditions, though.
Regardless, they had plenty of other problems. Many were literally blown off target (Or crashed) by the wind, others couldn't find their way to the target or back home (Or were shot down after descending in an attempt to discover their location). Overall, quite unsuccessful.