What were the air craft like in the blitz world war 2?

Answer 1

Germany used several aircraft. They mainly used the ME109 fighter to protect their bombers. It was a single engine plane and the fastest fighter plane at the time. They used a number of Stuka dive bombers. They had a wing with a dip in the wing and were designed to drop bombs. They would dive and come close to the target and then drop their bombs. They used a number of two engine bombers (I forget the names). Germany had a number of 4 engine bombers but did not generally use them in the blitz. They could use runways a few miles behind the English Channel. They did not need to fly any great distance. They could use small planes and fly frequently and drop a lot of bombs.

The British used two different fighters. Spitfires would meet the enemy planes first. They were not quite as fast as the ME109s, but were far more maneuverable. They could fly in and out of the German formations shooting down planes. As the Blitz got closer to London, the Hurricanes joined in the fray. The Hurricanes were an older, slower fighter. They could still shoot down planes. The planes were much smaller than those of today.

One bomber had a wing span of between 7 and 8 meters or about 24 feet. Some of the fighters were as long as old Piper Cub airplanes but narrower. The wings were in the middle and not overhead.

When the Germans were shot down and parachuted out, they became Prisoners of War. When the British pilots parachuted out, they got another plane. They knew what mistake not to make a second time.