soc.history.war.world-war-ii

"Davide Pastore" wrote in message
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> "Branek" ha scritto
>
>> I don't see why people rave about the Dinah, the Mosquito
>> or even the later P-38 Lightnings were better in every way.
>
> Is your comment intended to show Germany, instead of
> asking Japan for Ki-46, should instead have asked Britain
> for Mosquito, and USA for P-38...?
>
> Of course your comment makes no sense.
>
> The ONLY important question is: was the Ki-46 better than
> the equivalent aircrafts used by LUFTWAFFE at the time?
> If yes, the Germans were right.
> If no, they were wrong (or possibly, they were just badly
> informed by their allies about Ki-46 performance).
>

Um, later in the war the Germans were using jet aircraft
for recon duties -- aircraft which were MUCH faster and
had higher ceilings than the Dinah. IOW, aircraft which COULD
escape interception by allied fighters.