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1946, Guadalcanal. With the war dragging on, the Allied forces look to maintain a technologically superior edge. With a stalemate on land and at sea, and the rise of Aircraft like the Pfeil in Germany, and the Shinden in Japan, the US also looks to improved aircraft for it's embattled forces.

Finally arriving in combat production in September of 1946, the new F42U Privateer is quickly dispatched to Marine and Navy units for full combat evaluation. It is hoped by many back home that new aircraft like the Privateer will help break the stalemate and lead to the defeat of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific...

Like many historians (both amateurs like me and professionals) have long discussed and written about alternate what-if's for the WW2 era. There have been a multitude of books, games and even movies based upon these ideas of alternate history. My designs are uniquely my own but are based on numerous prototype aircraft from the 1930's and 40's. Aircraft such as the Shinden, Ascender and Pfiel actually flew and were accepted for production but most were cancelled due to wars end. I present these as an alternative "what-if" where designs like this made it into production in a war that didn't end in 1945.

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1946, Guadalcanal. With the war dragging on, the Allied forces look to maintain a technologically superior edge. With a stalemate on land and at sea, and the rise of Aircraft like the Pfeil in Germany, and the Shinden in Japan, the US also looks to improved aircraft for it's embattled forces.

Finally arriving in combat production in September of 1946, the new F42U Privateer is quickly dispatched to Marine and Navy units for full combat evaluation. It is hoped by many back home that new aircraft like the Privateer will help break the stalemate and lead to the defeat of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific...

Like many historians (both amateurs like me and professionals) have long discussed and written about alternate what-if's for the WW2 era. There have been a multitude of books, games and even movies based upon these ideas of alternate history. My designs are uniquely my own but are based on numerous prototype aircraft from the 1930's and 40's. Aircraft such as the Shinden, Ascender and Pfiel actually flew and were accepted for production but most were cancelled due to wars end. I present these as an alternative "what-if" where designs like this made it into production in a war that didn't end in 1945.