They "Mocked" the P-51 Mustang — Until It Brought Every Bomber Home скачать в хорошем качестве

They "Mocked" the P-51 Mustang — Until It Brought Every Bomber Home

For three years, German fighter pilots dominated their home skies using one simple tactic: wait. Allied escort fighters could only venture 200-300 miles before running out of fuel and turning back. Beyond that point, German interceptors had free reign to tear apart defenseless bomber formations. The mathematics were brutal but effective—until November 1943. When Luftwaffe Major Heinz Bär spotted American fighters still escorting bombers 320 miles deep into Germany, he knew the war had changed forever. The aircraft shouldn't exist that far from England. Physics made it impossible. German intelligence said so. Yet there they were—silver P-51 Mustangs with fuel to spare. What followed was the systematic destruction of German air superiority. The P-51's revolutionary 750-mile combat radius meant nowhere in the Reich was safe. Berlin—580 miles from English bases—could now be hit with full fighter protection. German pilots who once hunted American bombers became the hunted, chased across their own territory by escorts that simply wouldn't leave. This is the documented story of how one aircraft's unprecedented range demolished three years of Luftwaffe defensive doctrine. Based on declassified mission reports, combat diaries, and post-war testimony from pilots on both sides. The weapon German intelligence said couldn't exist. That changed everything.