Long Range Escort Fighters 1944-1952

[raafif]

Canada builds the frozen "iceberg aircraft-carrier" Habbakuk....... & stations it halfway with FR2G Corsairs on CAP (rocket-in-tail to altitude).
DHC-built Mosquitos, Hornets or Westland Welkins an outside possibility ?
TigercatPlus sounds reasonable -- don't know about its endurance.
B-35 / B-49 Flying Wings or B-36 with FICON jet-parasites.
Black-Widow (F-61E / F-15 gun-nose).

Luv the F-82 tho ... with its additional gun-pod it would have fourteen 50.cals in a small cone + trees of HVARs on the wings (but no more room for drop-tanks).

Turboprops for all ?? there is the Russian B-29 with them.

Several good short-range jets were designed for the cancelled USS United States -- a Douglas X(F)-3 riding a large missile which held all the out-bound fuel for the fighter !!  A B-47 type with V-tail & a Fairchild bi-wing "spaceship" design.

Could do a gun version of the B-47 (a G-47?) like the Reed Project B-17 & B-24's -- but then a B-47recon with a big hole in its tail only just got away from a Mig-15 ...

Of course, everything would have to be in natural-metal as paint weighs a lot (it does on a Jumbo!!), takes a fair bit of fuel just to carry it around.
Icy nose-art -- "the Iceman Commeth" shooting down a Fw-890 over the North Sea ?

Given Germany would have sub-launched V-2's, you'd need more B-29 maritime patrollers.

[sandiego89]

I think the Boeing XF8B would have been perfect for your role.  First flew in 1944, long range, heavy armament.  3 were built, but undoubebtly more would have come on line if things were that dire as in your secenrio.  A quick google search will revel all the stats you need. 

[Cliffy B]

Thanks for all of the replies guys!  Drew up the first two profiles and some short back stories over in my profile thread.  Go check 'em out!

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,28037.msg426798.html#msg426798

Started with the Sea Hornets, next will be some Black Widows, and then onto some XF8Bs, and enlarged Tigercats.

[tigercat]

Enlarged Tigercats

The Grumman Sabretooth maybe??