Changing Nature of warfare topic 1 - airwarfare (not including east Asia + Abyssinia) - need to find a limitation of gen air wafare

when were first planes created and by who

- 1903

- by the wright brothers

when did dogfights begin

in 1915

when were guns and propellors synchronised

by 1915

when did Germans develop bomber planes and what were they

in 1917 developed the Gotha (their bomber planes)

how many Gothas bombed london on 19th may 1918

38 gothas

when did Stuka dive bombers first fly

in 1935

what type of warfare was stuka dive bombers involved in alongisde panzer tanks

blitzkrieg

which plane had a siren (Jericoh Trumpet) that whaled and why

Stuka to maximise terror

what weapons were the stuka equipped with

machine guns and bombs

when was the stuka first used in combat and when else was it used

in 1937 during Spanish civil war

it served the axis forces in ww2

what was the German's ww2 fighter aircraft

the Messerschmitt Bf 109

when was the Messerschmitt first used in combat and when else was it used

first used in combat during Spanish civil war

also used during WW2

what weapon did the messerchmitt have

2 synchronised machine guns that fired over top of engine + thru the propellor arc

what did the messerchmitt replace

by-planes and tri-planes of WW1

what other bomber plane did the Germans have

the Junkers 52

when was the Ju 52 first used in combat

during the Spanish Civil War - it participated in the bombing of Guernica and was used as a transport in Spanish civil war

what did the Ju 52 become used for in ww2 and why

mainly as a troop transporter bc they were too small, slow and poorly armed

how fast did the Ju 52 go

150 mph

change (bombing tactic)

- Stuka could release bombs at 100 meters (more precise)

- WW1 planes dropped from high altitude

change (speed)

- by end of ww1, typical war plane went 100mph

- Stuka went 200mph

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 went nearly 308 mph

change (plane type)

- in WW1 there was bomber e.g Gotha and fighter e.g. Fokker By-plane

- Stuka was a hybrid plane

change (air warfare tactic)

blitzkrieg replaced static ww1 warfare

airwarfare continuity (fighting tactic)

dog fights in WW1 and WW2

change (aircraft colour)

- ww1 planes not camoflagued e.g. Red baron who flew red plane in ww1

- in ww2 planes became camoflagued

change (plane structure) (2)

- in WW1 there were by-planes and tri-planes

- in ww2 they used planes with single wings

- in www1 most planes had open fusolages

- in ww2 they had sealed fusolages so they could go higher

change (tactic)

carpet bombing first used in spanish civil war

biggest impact

carpet bombing

key features - weapons

- Stuka

- Ju 52

- Messerschmitt 109

key features - tactics

- dog fights

- carpet bombing

- releasing bombs from lower down