I am considered why if such weapons as mass manufactured for operations during lasts 1942 or first 1943 as possibly making some challenge to Allieds,if explain.

I not refer to well know Me 262 or Ar 234 twin engined jet planes or Me 163 rocket figther.

i refer at the massive construction in conventional or underground factories of singel jet planes as types how:

*Henschel Hs 132 jet dive bomber
*Henschel Hs P.135
*Heinkel He 162 Peoples figther
*Heinkel He P.1078C
*Heinkel He P.1078A
*Blohm & Voss B&V P.209.01-2,P.210, P.211.01-2,P.212 and P.215.02
*Messerschmitt P.1101
*Focke Wulf Ta-183
*Focke Wulf Fw “SUPER TL”
*Horten Ho XIIIb
*Junkers Ju EF.128
*BMW Strahljäger Projekts I,II,III,IV
*Lippisch P.15 and P.20

At my appareing as most fast and effective the manufacture
of various single engined jets figthers in with same work time and hours-men inverted in one sole Twin engined jet figther or bomber,among as fortunate for Allieds why such designs appareing more last for your massive construction.

Only remember the images of large amounts of Heinkel he 162 airframes found by Allieds in Mittlewerk or planeed massive enabled of Henschel Hs 132 at Henschel’s Berlin-Schönefeld facilities, only stopped for entering of Soviet forces in such factories among others examples of this.

By Wladimir on Mar 23, 2009 at 2:30 pm

This is posted as a serious coomment as to the viability & deployment of any German “Wunder Waffen” in the context of real historical events.

I must say that I have the utmost respect for Walter J. Boyne, his accurate knowledge of aviation & aviation history, and his outline of “Radical Luftwaffe Weapons” presented in May 2009’s “Aviation History”.

However, I have to point out that any scenarios that postulate deployment of most of the weapons described in the article suffer from one very serious historical flaw. It’s not that the weapons themselves might not have existed, nor is it that the Allies would not have been faced with radical & different aerial technology in some form. The historical fact is that Germany most likely would have been the certain recipient of the first Atomic weapons if the European segment of WW II had been prolonged past July 1945.

It is a fact that Atomic weapons were in the arsenal of the Western Allies by the end of July 1945, and were used twice before the middle of August 1945 on Japan. A third Atomic weapon was withheld from use by Pres. Truman just prior to the Japanese surrender. Further, projections were that several more would be available for use before the end of 1945. Use of these additional bombs was contingency planned in any invasion had the Japanese not surrendered when they did.

It is also a fact that the 509th Composite Group was originally organizd as two Bomb Groups led by Col. Paul Tibbetts. The 509th CG had the express mission of delivering Atomic weapons onto both Germany and Japan.

Thus, only the capitulation of Germany in May 1945 insured that the European Theater was not the first place where Atomic weapons were deployed, and used.

Any look at what the Western Allies might have faced in a prolonged European conflict must take these facts into account.

One must think seriously about how fortunately WW II ended both in the European and Pacific Theaters for Germany and Japan. How fortunate we all are in that it was the Allies that posessed these weapons, and that they were unavailabe for use in one instance, while in the second case they materially shortened the war, and saved countless Allied and enemy combatant and non-combatant lives.

For reference I refer those seriously interested to the following:
1. “Downfall” by Richard B. Frank
2. “Retribution” by Max Haistings
3. “Truman and the Hiroshima Cult” by Robert P. Newman
4. “MacArthur’s Ultra” by Edward J. Drea

RES

By Spalinger, Richard E. on Apr 30, 2009 at 10:52 am

I think It would have made a HUGE difference. I mean take the horten ho 229 the first stealth fighter could raid England almost undetected and the Junkers ju 390 a transatlantic bomber that could hit New York City and Washington D.C. It would have gave the Luftwaffe mastery of the skies

By Rob on Jul 14, 2009 at 9:19 pm