re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.

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Those FW-190s were beasts, especially the Doras... They were a good match for our P-51s.

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Yes they were, but I still liked the A and F series better. As has been noted, I like radials.

I'm just north of Montgomery, AL. Savannah is a pretty good haul. I do get down to Pensacola and the Naval Avation Museum every couple of years.

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That plane never lived up to expectations.

Rudolph Hess flew the most successful mission in an Me-110.

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When it was designed, there was a vast difference in opinion as to what made a good fighter. Lots of countries were delving into the heavy fighter concept (see the Airacuda and Fokker G1 upthread for examples). The mistake was thinking that that type of aircraft could dogfight with single engine, single seat aircraft.

It wasn't that the 110 was bad, it was just initially used in an inappropriate role. Later in the war, it's good range, relatively high speed, and strong firepower made it a potent ground attack aircraft on the eastern front and very effective night interceptor on the western front and served until the end of the war.