Recent content by lonestarman63

seems folks forget about jets that take longer runways and they were there ? and yes 51 they could ground strike but why use them for that unless you just wish to find what a bullet does to the cooling system .fact is the mustang was a bad turn fighter. just there were so many of them ,so the...

This Photo was aquired by myself in Berlin, at Charlottenburg Flea Market, (West) FRG IN 1977. I Am not an Aviation expert. This photo has spawned many a debate. I would like to invite any correspondence refereance this Photo

Ain't she just cool too look , i mean if you knew nothen about aircraft and walk about and found one of these you wold have to say she is a predator with only on job in life :twisted:

alway think the 47 is a better aircraft for many reasons, but most of all , It is one tuff bird

S F C Angelford was my old friend in the Army , told me when we they were just talking about the 9 mm as a replacement to the 1911 A1 he jokenly said the biggest diff between 9 mm and the ole 1911 was with 9 mm shoot at a truck , you had to hit the driver in...

they were phased out because of range ,not saying were not , i was talking about the ETO 8)

they were used in the pacific early on till late 42:rolleyes:

1)That was just in the Us before they got to operations 2)904 airmen was the highest of any Us aircraft . 3) $60,000,000 is stil a lot of resoures no matter how you slice it 4) we were talking about ETO8)

8) The b 17 easier to maintain and there for more available for combat The b 17 spent half as much time in the modification centers thus read for action in shorter time b 17 combat sorties versus the b24,results in 40 % savings in personnel and material Statistcal comparisons done at loss...

USA, AAF Chief Unit Traing Division , Assistant Cheif of Staff. Training . Letter to AC/AS Training dated 13 NOV 1944 The b 24 was the most extravagant killer of any airplane AAF from pearl to sept of 44 the b 24 accdents in the US resulted in 2188 deaths in the first 9 months of 1944 b24 did...

The real night and day comes from the B 17 and the B 24 can compare that , and as i study and read the b 17 was by far the better warbird some of the reasons , i think are worth looking at. The b 17 easier to maintain and there for more available for combat The b 17 spent half as much time...

:confused: Statistcal comparisons done at loss rate per sortie shows that the b 17 had a 35 % longer combat life than the b 24 The b 24 was the most extravagant killer of any airplane AAF from pearl to sept of 44 the b 24 accdents in the US resulted in 2188 deaths in the first 9 months of...

meaning the b 24 cost so much before it even saw action between the cost to get it ready and loss's in training and all it :) was better for the axis powers

T:D :D hink it the best looking of all aircraft

because if we built more it would have cost so much more in men supplys and time , so i do not even no why the b 24 is here with the 17 or the lanc :?: