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British Miles M.39B Libellula experimental bomber, WW2, 1943? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So why didn't they eventually go with it?

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Well, mixture of factors. One is that WW2 was winding up, and they didn't have a strong need for it anymore - another that the plane didn't perform as well as they hoped, and that jets were starting to be recognized as the next real 'step' in aircraft development, and jets really need to be made from scratch, not just slapped onto pre-existing designs. So eventually they just scrapped the whole thing.