Ww2 Aviation Essay

GRC – 2nd and 3rd Mrs. Carter Research Paper WWII Aviation During World War I, about all the airplane was good for was crashing. World War I airplanes were slow and had poor maneuverability. The plane could not effectively carry weapons, so air travel was dangerous. The early planes had wood and fabric frames which made them very flammable. If a bomb, which was carried under the wings, was shot, the plane would blow up and both pilots would be dead. “It seems no one had interest in the bomb positions of these planes.” (Stirling, Para. 1) Though World War II planes also had the same potential to blow up if shot, they were much, much better because of their aluminum frames, and protected engines. As Italy was the first to bring the airplane into World War II with its antics against Africa, they gave Germany the idea of putting planes to a better use. Soon each country had began their own air force and started to mass produce airplanes. At first they used the planes sparingly – only for
The union of British citizens helped “in a way the Nazis never imagined.” (Para. 11, Worldwar2database.com) Winston Churchill, who was stationed in the London suburbs, was said to “walk into the garden each night (during the London terror raids) and raise his hands to the sky and cry: ‘Why don’t you come here? Bomb us, bomb us!” (pg 118, Moskey) No one knows whether or not he actually did this. After the volley of attacks from the German Luftwaffe, the RAF retaliated with a series of small bombings inside of Germany itself. The German air force could neither understand this, nor why they were losing so many fighter planes, until they realized the RAF had exceptional radar networks. They turned from radar stations to sector control centers, causing major damage in the SCC, but the German Luftwaffe was running out of supplies, putting them at a