Because its an awesome visual and pretty similar in the later concept of the Ju88 vs. Mosquito battles:Carl Schwamberger wrote:Why does this bring visions of Me110 & Hudsons searching out dogfights over the Atlantic.phylo_roadking wrote:Hardly; the RAF was using Hudsons as patrol aircraft in 1939; IIRC, the first aircraft shot down by an RAF aircraft operating from the UK was by a Hudson! Which has a 45mph advantage on the Do 26...AND a 1,900-mile range!From 1939-41 the Do26 is perfect and meaningful; after that point its useless
Even Skuas could shoot down Do 26s!
All the RAF has to do is fly Hudson patrols out ofer the Western Approaches and into Biscay, and the Do 26s have to run their gauntlet flying to and from their bases...
http://www.usaaf.net/ww2/uboats/uboatspg4.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Biscay-Ove ... 0947554874
I want phylo_roadking to realize that historically the British didn't start doing what he is suggesting until July 1942 after the Luftwaffe was locked in to the fighting in Russia, in the Mediterranean, and the USAAC was fighting over Europe. The British are going to do something, but starting the Battle of Biscay early is just not one of them, because they didn't have the resources yet. The were too worried about a possible German invasion until 1941 to give coastal command the necessary resources.
As the professional contrarian on these boards Phylo should realize that this was a zero sum game: if the British start using resources to patrol Biscay and start hunting Do26s there, what gets left open as a result? Where are the resources going to come from and what are the British going to give up? What are their chances of success at a time when they had little offensive radar ability too? And of course they are going to have to deal with Me110 escorts as Carl mentioned, which would slaughter the limited number of Hudsons, while giving the Me110 something better to do than die in the BoB.