I survived only to be eventually scrapped after From circa until new-build US Navy ships designated as destroyer escorts DE were called ocean escorts. I wing structure and its resistance to the rigours of a British climate.ĭespite being left outdoors for the remainder of the war, the G. The company had designed an all-wooden fighter-bomber, and was interested in the G. I was conscripted by Phillips and Powis Aircraft. I to England from the occupied Netherlands. Is were captured by the Germans, and utilized as heavy-fighter trainers for Bf crews at Wiener Neustadt. At the conclusion of hostilitiesseveral G. With relentless attacks by the Luftwaffe on Dutch airfields, and overwhelmingly German air superiority, the G. I fighters were employed over Rotterdam and the Hague, contributing to the loss of Ju 52s, scoring up to 14 confirmed aerial kills.
I fighters were mainly deployed in ground attack missions, strafing advancing German infantry units, but were also used to attack Junkers Ju 52 transports. On 10 Maywhen Nazi Germany invaded, 23 G. I forced down an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley from No. Prior to the Nazi German invasion of the Netherlandsthe G. I was designed to serve on the heavier end of the spectrum of heavy fighters, as a jachtkruiser or a bomber destroyerand was comparable to early models of the German Messerschmitt Bf I was formidably armed relative even to other early heavy fighters with twin 23 mm.įor defensive purposes, a single Madsen 7. I was a private venture design by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in The G. Notable among such conversions was the Bfwhich served as a relatively successful night fighter for most of the war, and the Bristol Beaufighterwhich emerged as a major anti-shipping strike fighter of the Royal Air Force. Many twin-engine heavy fighters eventually found their niche as night fightersespecially in the bomber-destroyer role or as fighter-bombersroughly analogous to modern strike fighters. An exception was the American Lockheed P Lightning which proved to be an effective heavy fighter even against smaller, lighter, single-engine aircraft and particularly in the Pacific theater. Most notable among such designs was the Messerschmitt Bfwhich suffered great losses during the Battle of Britain. Most such designs failed in this mission, as they could not maneuver with the more conventional, single-engine fighters, and suffered heavy losses. The twin-engine heavy fighter was a major design class during the pre- World War II period, conceived as long-range escort fighters or heavily armed bomber destroyers. To achieve acceptable performance, most heavy fighters were twin-engine, and many had multi-place crews. A heavy fighter is a fighter aircraft designed to carry heavier weapons or operate at longer ranges than light fighter aircraft.
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