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On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:23:46 -0600, Byker wrote:
"Ed Stasiak" wrote in message news:411712e1-8f3a-4b08-84fe-3bccfefed26c@googlegroups.com...
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb
“Unlike the V-2, the V-1 was a cost-effective weapon for the Germans as it >> forced the Allies to spend heavily on defensive measures and divert
bombers from other targets. More than 25% of Combined Bomber Offensive's
bombs in July and August 1944 were used against V-weapon sites, often
ineffectively.[15] In early December 1944, American General Clayton
Bissell wrote a paper that argued strongly in favour of the V-1 when
compared with conventional bombers.[49]
Wright Field technical personnel reverse-engineered the V-1 from the
remains of one that had failed to detonate in Britain. The result was the
creation of the JB-2 Loon. General Hap Arnold of the United States Army
Air Forces was concerned that this weapon could be built of steel and
wood, in 2000 man-hours and approximate cost of US$600 (in 1943).[51] To
put this figure in perspective, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress cost about
1000 times more, and still about 100 times more when taking into account
its 10 times higher payload (20,000lb compared to 850kg for V-1)– payload, >> which cost has to be added (while it is included in V-1 cost)– with the
additional drawback of requiring (and putting in danger) 11 flying crew
members (which generally are considered to cost far more than the aircraft >> itself, with costs of recruiting, training, housing, feeding, pensions and >> pay, equipment, etc.).”
Correct. For the cost of a motorcycle, you could deliver 2,000 lbs. of HE to London. For cost-per-ton-of-explosive-delivered, nothing came even close...
It was one of the most cost/effective weapons of ww2.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/V-1_flying_bomb
check the assessment out for the Blitz (12 months) vs V-1 flying bombs (2¾ months)
So we are talking of a Blitz that is at least five times bigger than the
OTL and it would last October 1944. I would think a lot more.
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