We could always jump in some Hurricanes
Most people are familiar with the Defiant in the NF role, but i have a faint memory of reading about Hurricanes being used for the same thing.
Since fighters usually didn't have the navigation equipment to be of much use at night, the defending side could put up some flights of their own and guide them through ground control while the attacked couldn't (friendly radars and radios work best over your own territory).
This creates a situation where the defender is the only one who can reliably send up fighters, so it's ok to not use your best aircraft. You don't risk losing Spitfires through accidents at night but you can risk some Hurricanes and Defiants, especially since there won't be any 109s around to give them trouble.
I think the same thing also happened when the RAF started their night attacks and before radar-equipped night fighters became widespread, the LW could vector 110s with GCI and not have to worry about enemy fighters chasing them down.
Would be interesting for sure to fly something like this
07-05-2012, 08:36 PM
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