Aerial bombs

[bangsbox]

I would love to see aerial/air2air bombs add with the new update. It would definitely add some stand off buff killing power to the Japanese plane set and German. I also would love to see the r4m rockets added to the game for the appropriate planes (190, 262, 163) and the current air2air rocket added to the 262.


http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt07/aerial-bombing.html

[Butcher]

Aerial bombing was used in 1943, I believe it was a 250kg time delayed bomb. Obviously dive bombing a "formation" is harder then it sounds; the idea really was to break up the formations.

Not sure how wide spread it was; I tried to do some research on it but really couldn't find anything more then a field modification. Far as I know it was only Fw-190s that used them, the drag was considerable - the bomb shackle would be stuck on the aircraft making it ultimately useless as a dogfighter even after the bomb was dropped.

[Devil 505]

Bf109's also attempted bombing attacks, as documented in Heinz Knocke's "I Flew for the Fuhrer" 

[bozon]

Bf109's also attempted bombing attacks, as documented in Heinz Knocke's "I Flew for the Fuhrer"

He had a lucky 1st  drop. The the tactic was dropped because the difficulty in aiming made them very vulnerable to the escorts.

[Devil 505]

He had a lucky 1st  drop. The the tactic was dropped because the difficulty in aiming made them very vulnerable to the escorts.

Indeed. The tactic as a whole was not very effective, regardless of airframe.