Recent content by jaydawg73

Interesting response to a positive post I wrote. Perhaps you are somebody who just chooses to pick points from someone’s post that you do not like and comment on those as opposed to reading and taking in the whole post and evaluating it for how it was intended. But I shall leave you with that...

Made me smile nonetheless! Auto correct caught me out!

Outclassed may nor have been the best word, but when compared to its potential opponents its TTW ratio could be an issue and it’s ability to recover from a high AOA and gain energy when in a ’within visual range‘ ‘knife fight in a phone box’ scenario could leave it vulnerable. But it’s ability...

The zero was indeed a formidable platform that had superior performance to its adversaries. But, as the RAF found in the battle of france and the BoB, in the hands of a quick thinking pilot with a bit of experience tactics could be out to good use in order to outwit and ultimately defeat a...

Hi guys and gals, Just joined the group. Long time aircraft tactics and capability historian with a focus on the Battle of Britain and recently the Pacific area of operations in WW2. Also into modern fighter tactics and capabilities. Have long had an interest in tactics used by seasoned RAF...