Daniel's alternate Malta has an additional surface striking force and several squadrons of torpedo bombers. Accelerated Beaufighter development gives those forces more aircraft with which to attack Axis shipping. The supporting industrial choice is to make Bristol develop larger conventional-valve engines alongside its sleeve-valve work. American Twin Wasp and Double Wasp engines provide the desired comparison for the alternative development path. The scenario therefore ties a stronger force in the Mediterranean to engine decisions made years before its aircraft become available.
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Malta's counterfactual striking force and its engine supply
A stronger imagined force at Malta depends on accelerating aircraft and pursuing a parallel line of conventional-valve Bristol engines.