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[herwin]

The mission of the heavy cruisers was to interfere with French troop convoys in the Mediterranean. NO and I interpreted that to mean they punted it.

[Tiornu]

I'm not aware of any alterations to the main gear except the addition of screens to prevent the wheels catching on arrestor wires. These proved unnecessary and were removed. As far as I know, the strength of the undercarriage as well as the narrow wheel base went unaltered.

[DuckofTindalos]

Would have been especially bad for the 109's, with their spindly landing gear struts.

[Dili]

Yeah i suspect it would be worse than Spitfire. And FAA had a lot of troubles with Spit "seafire". Salerno was almost a disaster.

[DuckofTindalos]

All the scaffolding around the 109's cockpit didn't help either...[:D]