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Originally Posted by redcoat2
Interesting research. I did not know Spitfires could carry bombs.
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It wasn't real popular with the pilots. I'm sure it made the plane fly like a real pig. I assume they'd immediately drop the bombs if they ran into enemy fighters.
As the war went on, and the allies increasingly dominated the skies, the RAF attention obviously turned from defeating Germany in the air to the ground; and so it made sense to utilise the 1000,s of Spitfires in a more effective ground attack role.
I didn't include in my original post that the Mk VIII could also carry 1x 500lb and 2x 250lb bombs.
But for the purposes of SP, and this limited representation of Spitfires, it would make more sense to keep them at 2x 250lb.
I've used an early date for the introduction of the Mk VIII (out of several conflicting dates) that nicely coincides with the first bomb use by Spitfire Vs.
Then for the purists, the Mk VIII could respresent a Mk V whose max payload was 2x 250lb bombs.
Later Spitfires would often carry only 500lb out of a possible 1000lbs, depending on the distance to their target.
cheers,
Cross
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