This idea was proved pre WW2 but for some reason doesn't seem to have been considered for use in extending the range of LRMP aircraft.
What method was used, my reading of it is that the tanker trailed a hose (with a drogue to prevent wild movements) and the receiving aircraft caught this with a...
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
great britain
in-flight refueling
in-flight refueling tanker
interwar period
luftwaffe
maritime patrol
maritime patrol aircraft
pacificoceantheater
raf bomber command
royal air force
tanker aircraft
third reich
united states
united states army air corps
united states army air forces
united states navy
v/stol aircraft
world war ii
axis powers
empire of japan
imperial japanese navy
imperial japanese navy air service
pacificoceantheater
world war ii
yokosuka naval air technical arsenal
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