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Old January 14th, 2007, 12:52 PM
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The old problem with all of the 'wonder weapons' - shortage of materials, shortage of skilled workers, bombed factories, dispersed production with faulty standardisation, etc etc. Too little, too late.

The Do335 is indeed a fascinating aircraft as were so many other Luftwaffe projects ( Heinkel He219, Arado 234, Me163 etc ).

But it seems to me something of a technological dead-end, and was it not in reality superseded by the Me262 ? In my opinion - and certainly the Allied top brass also thought so in early 1945 - the 262 represented a real 'clear and present danger' to the 8th Air Force.
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