WW2 German Mod

[Marek_Tucan]

Originally Posted by halstein

Read one story one time, when they decided to use the Me 262 as afigther, and not as a figtherbomber. Some early sucsess, and then they were grounded for lack of fuel, and their runways got bombed at nigth.

The war was prolonged so the story ended with "Dawn came early to Berlin that day".

Similar (if not same) scenario was in "Hitler's Options" compiled from various authors (Each one "option") by Macksey. One "Option" was "no delays in 262". IIRC the conclusion was that even if 262 threatened bombers it would just limit raids into Germany, not stop them (there will be a higher escorts:bomber ratio) and B-29 would be diverted to Europe, posing much more serious problem to 262 with its higher speed and altitude, plus heavier armament (no mentions of maneuvrability, but IIRC Tibbets demonstrated that at 29 op altitude he can out-maneuvre a pair of P-47s).
IIRC that scenario didn't even end with nuke, the war was protracted only by a month or so... No 262 is going to stop the Red Army, all it would manage would be forcing a different pattern in the air attrittion war in the West and after initial shock it would subside to CAP over its bases.