launching V-1s from an aircraft carrier

"Keith Willshaw" wrote

If the commonwealth has capitulated why arent you launching attacks
from Canada ?

I'm assuming the commonwealth is neutral, like Vichy France..

Assuming they can do 25 to 30 knots for 10 hours or so and the V-1s can
fly
about 250 miles, they could presumably approach during daylight, launch
at
dusk, and retreat, thus ensuring that they're out of range of effective
land-based air throughout.

Hardly. Virtually any land based twin or 4 engined bombers could
reach them with escort from P-38's. The catalina's would pick them
up a long way out.

The operative word is "effective".

All they have to worry about is submarines, so I
figure one carries a normal air group and the other the V-1s. Ideally,
if
a
V-1 could be fired without reconfiguring the whole flight deck, they
both
would. I'd imagine you could flat-pack a V-1 quite small.


Why dont they have to wonder about the US Atlantic fleet ?

How many CVs did it consist of? Not much else is going to catch them.

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"The Blue Max" writes:

"Keith Willshaw" wrote

If the commonwealth has capitulated why arent you launching attacks
from Canada ?

I'm assuming the commonwealth is neutral, like Vichy France..

Assuming they can do 25 to 30 knots for 10 hours or so and the V-1s can
fly
about 250 miles, they could presumably approach during daylight, launch
at
dusk, and retreat, thus ensuring that they're out of range of effective
land-based air throughout.

Hardly. Virtually any land based twin or 4 engined bombers could
reach them with escort from P-38's. The catalina's would pick them
up a long way out.

The operative word is "effective".

All they have to worry about is submarines, so I
figure one carries a normal air group and the other the V-1s. Ideally,
if
a
V-1 could be fired without reconfiguring the whole flight deck, they
both
would. I'd imagine you could flat-pack a V-1 quite small.


Why dont they have to wonder about the US Atlantic fleet ?

How many CVs did it consist of? Not much else is going to catch them.

In late '43-'44, a bucketload, if you're willing to count CVEs.
There were quite a few ASW Hunter-killer groups that were all over teh
Atlantic. Not 30 kt ships, but perfectly capable of carrying and
launching strike aircraft. A typical CVE airgroup was a Squadron of
FM-2s, and a Squadron of TBMs, about 35 aircraft in all. They did
carry weapons for Anti-ship as well as Anti-sub combat, and had their
own Destroer Flotilla attached.
V-1s, BTW, didn't make their first operational shots until mid '44.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster

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"Keith Willshaw" wrote

If the commonwealth has capitulated why arent you launching attacks
from Canada ?

I'm assuming the commonwealth is neutral, like Vichy France..

Assuming they can do 25 to 30 knots for 10 hours or so and the V-1s
can
fly
about 250 miles, they could presumably approach during daylight,
launch
at
dusk, and retreat, thus ensuring that they're out of range of
effective
land-based air throughout.

Hardly. Virtually any land based twin or 4 engined bombers could
reach them with escort from P-38's. The catalina's would pick them
up a long way out.

The operative word is "effective".


B-25's were very effective in the Solomons

All they have to worry about is submarines, so I
figure one carries a normal air group and the other the V-1s. Ideally,
if
a
V-1 could be fired without reconfiguring the whole flight deck, they
both
would. I'd imagine you could flat-pack a V-1 quite small.


Why dont they have to wonder about the US Atlantic fleet ?

How many CVs did it consist of? Not much else is going to catch them.


The Ranger, Yorktown and Wasp as of Dec 7 1941

Keith