26.10.2010, 08:33
Even if the design itself was satisfactory, it takes years to get from a drawing to full production under the best of conditions. ME262 development was started near the beginning of the war and only a handful were ever serviceable at one time.
German production problems have already been addressed earlier in this thread. Add to that the fact that they were exterminating their work force at a very high rate and had problems with sabotage.
Allied planes were built by people who were very conscious of the fact that a husband, son or father of those building them could be betting his life on their workmanship.
German planes very often very well designed and engineered, but they were largely built by people who were being systematically starved and worked to death at a very high rate, in many cases just weeks from joining the assembly line to going in the ovens. This is not work force that is going to care about quality, to say the least.
German production problems have already been addressed earlier in this thread. Add to that the fact that they were exterminating their work force at a very high rate and had problems with sabotage.
Allied planes were built by people who were very conscious of the fact that a husband, son or father of those building them could be betting his life on their workmanship.
German planes very often very well designed and engineered, but they were largely built by people who were being systematically starved and worked to death at a very high rate, in many cases just weeks from joining the assembly line to going in the ovens. This is not work force that is going to care about quality, to say the least.