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    Which theater of War Would you choose for flying?

    I'd say the ETO for beautiful landscape, (relatively) short distances and benevolent inhabitants (for a British pilot). On the other hand, air-air combat over Europe often got particularly vicious, despite the odd shows of valour and comradeship between opposing pilots. I just wouldn't enjoy...
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    Best Nightfighter of WW2

    Blimey Erich, how many 13mm rounds did Nachjagd 110s carry!?! Bringing down two Lancasters and a B-17 with two 13mm guins is some feat! :shock: :|
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    P-38 or Mosquito?

    I thought that, but it would have been unfair to compare the Hornet to a Lightning. I have to echo Dead Parrot's sentiments here, LG has certainly managed to persuade me that the Lightnint was a much better aircraft than I originally thought, but then DPs little list just about summed it up...
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    Best Nightfighter of WW2

    Very nice - I will take a look. 8)
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    Best Nightfighter of WW2

    Well in the absence of actual hard evidence to the contrary I'll have to take your word on that, even though it does seem very unlikely. As for my quote regarding the Germans never flying, you said that 'the Germans still flew when Mossies were about', whereas I had merely stated that te...
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    Best Nightfighter of WW2

    Ok mate, In can accept what you say there, except for the line 'they were all shot down'. You can't claim to know the outcome of every incident when a '262 intercepted a Mosquito, no matter how much research you've done. In some cases when the Mosquito escaped the '262 pilot won't even have...
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    Me-262

    Yeah, that too... :oops:
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    P-38 or Mosquito?

    I have to say I can't remember hearing the Mossie carrying any more than 4,000lb, but then the same can be said of the '38 in my experience. Oh, and LG, saying that the P-38's cockpit was bigger than a Spitfire's does not count as an argument against the point that there was more room for a...
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    Best Nightfighter of WW2

    Erich, my dear friend, you are severely overestimating the advantages of carrying rearward firing defences. Mosquitoes were tested with a four gun Boulton Paul turret, but the performance decrease due to weight and drag far outweighed the advantages. Neither the Mosquito nor the '219 had any...
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    Me-262

    By 'flying' I meant operational/ serviceable. And I am quite aware that the '262 was far from invincible; as I said in my previous post they woud still have needed piston-engined fighter cover during takeoff and landing, no matter how many there were.
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    P-38 or Mosquito?

    Only in terms of the '38L having a higher actual 'performance'. The Mosquito 'out-performed' the Lightning in all roles except day fighter by the sheer diversity and effectiveness of the tasks it carried out. Oh, and the Fb VI was a day fighter variant, and don't say it wasn't 'cos it carried...
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    Me-262

    They did make over a thousand '2652s, yes, but only a few saw service because of engine troubles and a chaotic trnsport infrastructure caused by the Allies' Tactical bomber forces. To have more than a thousand '262s flying, taking into account real-world aircraft/ transport serviceability/...
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    Best Nightfighter of WW2

    My Grandad met a German night pilot after the war, and the guy said that during the course of his career he'd grown not to fear the bombers' defensive guns or British flak near the coast of England (where he occasionally ventured). The only thing that sent him into a cold sweat and...
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    Me-262

    IMHO the '262 alone couldn't have won the war, even had it been in service by late '43, a year earlier than it was. It would have established complete, but temporary, air-superiority, but then all that would be needed to counteract them would be to flood Europe with P-51s etc, watching the...
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    P-38 or Mosquito?

    Ok, ok, if you want to argue the same point over and over that's ok - the P-38 was the better fighter! It sounds a bit as though you're trying to argue the case for the P-38 being the best fighter on the Western Front though...? I'll leave that for another date or thread... Oh, and don't...
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