[Chaoic16]

Now, did anyone who said that these planes were prototypes or haven't seen combat or were not production ready bother to read the top of the post.

"This is a list of planes that could have realistically seen production and done quite well in combat in a war that was harder on the Americans."

Now, the XP-67 could have been put into production right away according to McDonnell. I wonder why. Oh, that's right, because they weren't making any planes. It would have been a realitively easy change too and it was all talked about. Swap out the engines for those mentioned above and replace the cannons with machine guns and start rolling them off the line. Try reading more then just one source next time, like a book. The XP-67 was designed as a bomber interceptor, yes; however, once the need for such a plane no longer existed, there was talk of modifying the plane to be a long range escort with the changes I have listed above. There was also talk about making a gorund attack version of this plane. The escort seems most promising seeing as once the maneuverability problems had mostly been sorted out after original flight testing and since giving it more powerful engines should have sorted out the rest. Fly it like a Merlin powered P-38 with jets and you have a golden escort fighter.

Oh, about the Mixmaster... Let's see here, the first flight was in 1944. Now, let's just say that the war had been more difficult for the Allies. A bomber with an average top speed around 433mph would have been really nice to have. They may have gone to a YB-42, and then to a B-42A.

There were 13 YP-81's ordered. The order was canceled once the need for a faster long range escort was alleviated by capturing vital islands in the Pacific. Now, let's just say that something went wrong and those islands weren't captured. The YP-81's may have been delievered. Low and behold, a P-81A-1CO may have made it in time for Operation Downfall. Look at that...

The XF5U was indeed a great fighter. The only major problem noted was vibrations during takeoff and landing. If circumstances would have been different, it may have been included in the war. The only reason I didn't list it is that this is a list of mixed power fighters. The XF5U only had radials.

Now, I hope that clears everything up. If you people didn't realize that this was theoretical by reading the top line or seeing the production designation of these experimental planes, then I don't know what to say for you. The only plane that got opperational service out of these was the FR-1 Fireball. Hope that sorts everything out.

Your way of thinking is truly brillant! This is perfect example of thinking and seeing toward history in mulit-dimensions way with an alternative history included instead of just seeing history in a single linear way. ONLY if this forum have a features of giving a +1 award, I'd of given that to you.

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Chaoic out...