I was replying to this guy which I consider the typical Germanophile military chauvinist I usually find in discussions. The stereotype just annoys me with their "we only lost because of Hitler and the Nazis" and mostly by their "Everything the Russians did and produced are lies and propaganda"...
There were several encounters between Japanese army and navy air forces against Soviet VVS and volunteers squadrons over Nomonhan (Khalkin Gol) and China. Air battles involving I-152s, I-153s, I-16s, SB-2s, DiSh-3s, DB-3s versus A5M2/4s, G3Ms, Ki-10s, Ki-27s, Ki-30s, Ki-32s. I have a book on the...
Cool topic, here are some of favorite looking planes of all time :
A5M4 Claude
Ki-61/II Kai Bubbletop Tony
Ki-45 Kai Tei Toryu (Nick)
Junkers Ju-90 V3 and later (including Ju-290)
SAI SM.84
Yak-3
Fw-189 a-1
McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat
Seafire FR46/47...
Well there is actually the obvious fact of overclaim made by Soviet pilots against UN air forces which cannot be denied. Before treating them as liars, some might want to check the actual nature of the combat records made by UN pilots. First as mentioned, the 792 kills claim made by US pilots is...
Looks sometimes define performance, in aviation at least and that one really sets the bar for being a bad aircraft :
Here is a quote from Jerzy B. Cynks's Polish Aircraft 1893-1939:
"To save time and expense the Department of Aeronautics insisted that conversion to the Pegasus engines...