What does (fighter or bomber) sorties mean as in WW2?

Answer 1

Air power was a decisive factor in the outcome of World War II. An early German lead in air power was overcome by Allied advances in both radar technology and the use of strategic weapons (see Radar).

At the start of the war in September 1939 the German Luftwaffe was the best equipped air force in the world, with some 500,000 air force personnel and about 5,000 aircraft. In contrast, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) was composed of some 100,000 men and some 2,000 aircraft.

Strategic bombing became an early part of the war effort. The Germans successfully used intensive bombing raids to assault Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, and France. Luftwaffe bombers destroyed Allied cities and transportation networks and flew in support of advancing German ground troops.

In the battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, British RAF forces of about 600 aircraft, mostly Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires, faced over 2,700 Luftwaffe planes, including the powerful Junkers JU-87 Stuka dive-bomber. But this imbalance was overcome by pioneering developments in British radar, which allowed the RAF to manage its aircraft efficiently by using an early-warning system. As a result, the RAF was largely responsible for preventing a German invasion of England.

The German air raids on London in 1940 and 1941 further demonstrated the potential of strategic bombing. For over a month in the fall of 1940, German bombers dropped nearly 14,000 tons (12,700 metric tons) of high explosives and more than 12,000 incendiary canisters on the city. These attacks subsided as Germany became engaged on other fronts, particularly with the Soviet Union.

Answer 2

Sortie is of French origin and means " exit ". In military aviation, it is used to indicate the total use of individual machines on one mission. For example, a group of 6 planes flying 6 missions, would amount to 36 sorties, one mission involving 6 planes would be 6 sorties.

Answer 3

nicely.... indexed right here are my opinions. between the main versatile combatants of WW2 has to have be the ME109, a german fighter airplane from, international war 2, which replaced into between the main produced planes ever invented. the 2d might in all probability be the British MKII Spitfire; that's/replaced into an extremely speedy and extremely efficient in the conflict of Britian. out of your 2 options, i might pick the FW one hundred ninety (Fock Wolf one hundred ninety), by way of engine layout and innovation of the cannons and gadget weapons. Hop this enables!

Answer 4

Operational flights

Answer 5

Get in plane
Fly to Germany
Drop Bombs
Fly back

Answer 6

flying missions, to bomb the enemy (the term is still used for todays warfare).