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It was admittedly a 1 in a million shot. Credit to Candelaria for trusting his instinct and going for the maneuver...and pulling it off so effectively.

I quite agree. About a week ago an 11 year old found a butterfly bomb (anti personnel) here in Malta GC. I also recall a 500kg dug up during some roadworks last year.

I don't know whether this topic has been covered before and confess that I'm not that familiar yet with the sim. Yet I can't help ask how accurate are these aircraft modeled ? i.e. performance, ease of handling, stall characteristics etc

Yep The Sopwith Camel was the classic case. It was easier and faster to turn 270 degrees than go directly left if I remember correctly. Still a great fighter for WW1.

I'll venture a shot syscom3: could it be the Turkey Shoot is more important because after that Japanese Naval Aviation is no longer an effective force ? The 24th Oct'44 Battle of Leyte Gulf, McCampbell gets his 9 victories, however against such a backdrop of intense fighting in just 4 days...

I agree with all comments posted so far. It seems the Marianas Turkey Shoot overshadows the actions of the 24 October'44. I wonder why ?

You guys sure think up difficult polls - it's like getting a kid to choose JUST ONE item from a candy store:) Anyway, I went for Marseille for the following reasons: 1.) He was a brilliant shot. 2.) He seemed quite happy to"mix it" rather than the standard zoom and boom. 3.) He was...

Yes if there ever was a great military sound track Gettysburg wins

Great web site. It's not only the content and the poignant speeches by Roosevelt and Churchill but the music - really evocative and stirring stuff. I think I recognized part as being from "Band of Brothers".

.....so one could say the P47 was a portly "broad" :D

IMO Gen. McClellan was the cautious type possibly having a West Point reputation to uphold. Gen. Lee was more of a gambler who true to the Art of War "feigned strength when weak". One rather singular attribute of the US Civil War was that many generals on both sides knew each other...

Hey !!! I have read Bruce Catton after all. A single volume on the Civil War titled "This Hallowed Ground". Yep my hat's off to syscom3: Catton is a very good writer.

I could be wrong but I have the impression that Udet was not all that comfortable "flying an office either", but at least he was a much more realistic person and was aware of his limitations. He was probably easier to work with so in sum I would say YES. Back to Goering - let us say he rose...

Yes but Microfiche or microfilm was. A huge undertaking admittedly, but just think of the value of that material etc. What research could have told us :cry:

He's been on so many Discovery / History Channel documentaries he seemed to defy aging. No matter at what time in life death comes, we feel that one could have lived longer. Rall was blessed with a long life. Luckily for him he died of natural causes - so many of his contemporaries...