Timeline for Did the Germans ever use captured Allied aircraft against the Allies?
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| Jan 6, 2021 at 18:37 | answer | added | Guy Inchbald | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 15:59 | comment | added | Wayne Conrad | And then there's maintenance. Warplanes need parts, tools and procedures that are sometimes specific to that model. | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 12:07 | comment | added | papirtiger | 2 does not really apply to French planes. The Germans must have captured 100s after the fall of France which they probably passed on to Vichy France. | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 11:29 | comment | added | Oscar Bravo | Not really an answer but there are quite a few reasons why this would not be a good idea. 1) Without training, manuals etc. you'd need to be quite an ace to get into an unfamiliar aircraft and fly it with any ability, 2) It's only one plane. Most tactical actions require squadrons to achieve anything worthwhile, 3) It would be very dangerous; in the heat of battle, the risk of getting shot down by your own side would be high. It might've been useful for a top secret covert operation - don't know if that ever happened... | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 3:21 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 6, 2021 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAviation/status/1346652810264383489 | ||
| Jan 5, 2021 at 23:51 | history | edited | Pondlife | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 5, 2021 at 22:52 | comment | added | quiet flyer | Googled "captured B-17", got en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampfgeschwader_200 , warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/… , historynet.com/japans-fleet-flying-forts.htm . A bit more persistence would yield many more similar links, no doubt. Perhaps after a bit of looking you'll end up sharing a self-answer? | |
| Jan 5, 2021 at 21:27 | answer | added | Eugene Styer | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 5, 2021 at 19:26 | history | edited | Pondlife |
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| Jan 5, 2021 at 19:21 | history | asked | J Lopez | CC BY-SA 4.0 |