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Well, that's a relief. If the initial order had been for 300 Mk XIV's I would have to have called time travel shenanigans.

Its battleship cousin was Shooty McGuntubes.

The Soviet Union too, but expediency made them allies. At least until the other two were defeated.

But enough to reach the Ruhr. If the 8th pounded the Ruhr by day and Bomber Command did so by night, it might have been decisive. Probably would have been a bloody fight, though.

They are entirely relevant for determining American attitudes PRIOR to Dec. 7, which was the point. And the poll examples I provided expressly contradict your statement. NONE of them make any reference to the U.S. being attacked first. Supporting a shoot on sight policy is not a response to...

Gallup polling data from the period indicates otherwise. Consider the following poll results published April 28, 1941: If you were asked to vote today on the question of the United States entering the war against Germany and Italy, how would you vote — to go into the war, or to stay out of the...

My point was that while the U.S. was isolationist in 1939, by mid-1941 it was not. The American public did not want to go to war, but most recognized war was coming and the country would have to enter the fight. The commonly held belief that the U.S. was isolationist right up to Pearl Harbor is...

That may have been the case in 1939, but by mid-1941 public opinion had changed considerably. By that time, the majority of Americans were in favor of increased defense spending, aiding Britain more directly even if such efforts risked war with Germany, and fully expected that the U.S. would at...

Thanks for posting that, it's a great resource. I do have a couple of quick questions about it. (1) In some of the entries in the fourth column, the distance value is followed by letters in parentheses, e.g. HA, SM, etc. What do these letter combinations mean? (2) In some cells the entry is...

Doesn't generate lift.

Cheapest airline seat.

No, it isn't!

Eject, not drop!

My understanding is that the F2G was intended as a lower altitude kamikaze interceptor, and thus was optimized for low altitude speed.

First flight dates: XP-72, Feb. 2, 1944 XA-41, Feb. 11, 1944 XF8B, Nov. 27, 1944 XF2G, July 15, 1945 Assuming a timely and mostly trouble-free development time of 14 months, only the XP-72 and XA-41 might have seen wartime service, with the former having a combat debut in early April 1945 and...