Recent content by jhawk

What it appears to me is the FW-190 and ME-109 were good airplanes for their time. I imagine they were both designed in the mid 1930’s. Technology was advancing quickly then, and the P-51 was an early 1940’s design. Add to that the USA had just about unlimited resources while Germany had been...

and what you have to remember is p-51 pilots were on search and destroy on the way home, shoot up trains, airfields, and target worthwhile, many of those 14 were from flak or ground fire.

here is from the history of the 20th fighter group, i am sure old cryboy know better than them too. Transition to the P-51 (in Less than a Week) 77th FS tries out their new P-51Ds over the England. By 22 July 1944, the 20th had completely transitioned to the new North American P-51...

yea i bet you rank right up there with anderson and yeager, in your dreams

bud anderson on the subject Bud Anderson on german aircraft Which aircraft, the ME109 or the FW190 was the most formidable in combat? In aerial combat it did not matter to me which type of enemy fighter I encountered. I felt that the Mustang could out perform both the ME109 and the FW190 and...

didn't claim it was my work, but 100% accurate, funny how people on this site are jealous of the fact that once america got at it our weapons far surpassed anyone elses, as they do now, just the facts. roll your eyes all you like.

The disparity in developmental time frame between the two fighters which represents a good four years of aviation progress. The high performance P-51 Mustang was conceived during 1940/41 and didn't really come into its own until 1943 over Europe while the FW-190 'Butcher Bird' was a 1937 project...

yea i know, you all know better than chuck yeager and the people who fought in the war, i bet you all broke the sound barrier too.

certainly not what the people who flew the p-51 in combat say, like chuck yeagar for one i read. but hey, it makes the germans feel good. opps, will i get suspended for telling the truth?