I have heard tell that GB/the RN was considering an airborne raid on the German Fleet in its home anchorage using primarily torpedos. But that the war ended before they could finalize the plan and assemble the assets needed to conduct it.
Assuming that either the war lasted a bit longer of the planning and assets were brought together sooner and we actually saw a raid on the German Fleet in horbor. by RN aircraft using topeados. What do you think this would have done to the WW2 Peril Harbor raid?
I assume that if the RN WW1 raid had accomplished anything at all, that it would have resulted in all the navies be more concerned with the possibility in the future. That being said we had the RN WW2 raid on the Italian Fleet and still the US did not seam to step up its game so i guess it is possible that a successfull WW1 raid would not have changed much. at Peril Harbor.
Note i dont know enough about RN WW1 Aircraft and torpedoes to make any predictions on the. success or lack of if they managed to get the raid off. much less about the German port.
I would however assume that the more successful the raid more serious the navies of the world would take the danger and address the mater. Still that brings up what the US Navy could have done even if they had an example of how dangerous an air raid on ships in harbor could be.
Ao what is everyones thought?
I would guess that a sucsesfull WW1 raid. will mean a bit more attention to defensis in PH and probably more attention is paid to aircpatrols and radar. But the budget issues and human nature being what it is would i believe minimize these so called improvements.
Assuming that either the war lasted a bit longer of the planning and assets were brought together sooner and we actually saw a raid on the German Fleet in horbor. by RN aircraft using topeados. What do you think this would have done to the WW2 Peril Harbor raid?
I assume that if the RN WW1 raid had accomplished anything at all, that it would have resulted in all the navies be more concerned with the possibility in the future. That being said we had the RN WW2 raid on the Italian Fleet and still the US did not seam to step up its game so i guess it is possible that a successfull WW1 raid would not have changed much. at Peril Harbor.
Note i dont know enough about RN WW1 Aircraft and torpedoes to make any predictions on the. success or lack of if they managed to get the raid off. much less about the German port.
I would however assume that the more successful the raid more serious the navies of the world would take the danger and address the mater. Still that brings up what the US Navy could have done even if they had an example of how dangerous an air raid on ships in harbor could be.
Ao what is everyones thought?
I would guess that a sucsesfull WW1 raid. will mean a bit more attention to defensis in PH and probably more attention is paid to aircpatrols and radar. But the budget issues and human nature being what it is would i believe minimize these so called improvements.