Recent content by l'Omnivore Sobriquet

He-111 : should have remained an airliner really. Fast and modern, unpressurized but a neat Vip/1st class transport for the day.

Don't we forget that Dornier 335. So badly dismissed here in this forum (Not worth this ! not worth that !) A good performer overall I should say... among the competition. And proven too. So a hell of a quintet.

Many thanks to YOU ! However one person did write that he could read the follow up, so I was just asking how. But no wonder, it's brilliant post as it is. Thx again. (Love the A-36 Apch... hm... Invdr.. hm.., Mustang alright. The Apache name fits very well though.)

Well I've tried and tried.. but couldn't figure it out. Stuck at page 49 ; any help anyone please ?

Well being a Frenchman and a rather ageing aviation enthusiast, i'll just 'drop' this little contribution which i've be been holding for true since my serious readings on the matter : France ranks as number 2 for the tonnage of bombs received, in wwii, all countries, all contributors summed up...

Excellent topic thank you.

Sounds true to me.

I think we're having a nice BF-109 F here.

Oh, no problem for me. 'been following this lovely forum as usual every 4 or 7 days like. Without a glitch. Haven't been posting for one year +. (or ++). But reading a lot. Keep the good nourriture flowing in plz. Merci à tous.

"Those who forget the past do not deserve the future." Engraved in large letters at the entrance of one of the main WWI ossuaries, that I visited some decades back.

Wasn't Mark III that improvement you're asking for ?

Ok then... What about the Hellcat versus the '5' series of Italian fighters ? Hum ? I think picking this and that version of the F6F, against this and that '5' series Italian type, respecting chronology, should give a pretty hot challenge. All the way. The Hellcat was such a great beast...

I always thought that the P-51D escorts (ETO) were carried in two waves. Each one cruising most of the time at the Mustang's own 'best speed' for long range, that is, much faster than the biggies. Neither of those waves accompanied the Big Friends the whole way. First 1/3rd of the bombers'...

If the LW went with the Bv-141 they would have reaped some "dary successfull iniative" short lived aura, reputation from its first months of employ, but the final conclusion as a war contribution couldn't have been any better than the Focke-Wulf's one. The FW-189 was a great, truely successful...