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The last eleven years has seen a great improvement in the Merlins now we have fixed the oil leaks, also the P47 climb performance has vastly improved. Now if only we could sort out the dreadful take off and landing accidents on the Bf109 we would be making some real progress.
I read recently that the spitfire would have been transformed by ditching the airframe and replacing it with one from a Bf109, it was a world beater the world overlooked. I didnt know Kurfurst, before my time.And with Kurfurst banned, we will no longer regard the Spitfire in a negative light...
The last eleven years has seen a great improvement in the Merlins now we have fixed the oil leaks, also the P47 climb performance has vastly improved. Now if only we could sort out the dreadful take off and landing accidents on the Bf109 we would be making some real progress.
And with Kurfurst banned, we will no longer regard the Spitfire in a negative light...
If the 109 had a merlin engine it would have 6-1 kill rate against the P51 a lieutenant colonel told me.No, just the 109 now...
That quote shows the effect it had on the morale, seeing them over Berlin.Goering was an idiot, had nothing to do with the p51. He was warned by all his senior Luftwaffe personal from the days of the Condor Legion, but he thought because he had the Pour le Mérite he was above everyone and no one knew more about aviation tactics.
I bought a book on the P-47 combat missions. Seems like the N was better than the P51 at least on paper.care to expand on that.......why where how
The P-47N had a significant advantage above 30000 feet in both speed and climb over the P-51A/B/D/K but not the P-51H which was being readied for PTO in March, 1945 when the P-47N arrived in PTO.
On the other hand, for a small performance advantage - including very small range advantage, the P-47N was 50% more expensive to buy and 50-60% more expensive to operate.[/QUOTE
Aha, thanks for the info.
The P-47N had a significant advantage above 30000 feet in both speed and climb over the P-51A/B/D/K but not the P-51H which was being readied for PTO in March, 1945 when the P-47N arrived in PTO.
On the other hand, for a small performance advantage - including very small range advantage, the P-47N was 50% more expensive to buy and 50-60% more expensive to operate.