Recent content by Clayton Magnet

A few good pictures at this site https://447bg.org/ww2-planes/ww2-usa/p47-thunderbolt/

No further replies to my post, but this reply to a previous post made me laugh.

No response besides the original, posted above.

Hot off the press...

Sure, I subscribe to his channel, Ill post that message to the comments.

Posted to YouTube yesterday...

Tough to argue with the F4U-5, besides the possibility that they would be more difficult to source, due to their relative "newness".

I believe that Egypt used C-47's as bombers

I do love the Hayabusa though, its such a trim, elegant machine. I just wish they would have incorporated a retractable tail wheel, it almost ruins the clean lines

The Bf 109 had the capacity to be upgraded to a point that it remained competitive with the very best of Allied types, within an increasingly narrow envelope. A G-10 or K-4 was still a formidable adversary in 1945, even when flown against a P-51D or Spitfire Mk.XIV. The Ki-43 was still dangerous...

Perhaps I am misremembering, but I thought the fabric control surfaces were found to "balloon" at high speeds, and were quickly retrofitted with metal skinned versions during the BOB. Maybe the Mk.V was the first to have them as standard from the factory?

The P-40 didn't enter service until 1941. In December of 1938, the only fighters, that I can think of anyway, meeting the definition would be the Bf 109C/D, Hurricane Mk.I and Spitfire Mk.I. The M.S.406 and Bf 109E were perhaps JUST rolling off the production lines in late 1938. If all the...

Cool video. That MiG sure seems to be having issues retracting that right gear though