Recent content by Pete57

For the records, the Japanese balloon raids gave the USAAF Bell P-63s their only chance to achieve an air-to-air kill. Quoting from Army Air Forces in World War II "WEDNESDAY, 21 MARCH 1945 AMERICAN THEATER ZONE OF INTERIOR (Fourth Air Force): A P-63 from Walla Walla AAFld...

...CONTINUED FROM MY PREVIOUS POST. The De Havilland Vampire flew about six months after the Gloster Meteor, and until the introduction of the Meteor’s MK.IV variant, the Vampire displayed superior performances. I have always wondered what made the British Ministry of Aircraft Production...

I don't agree with the statement that the P-80 cannot be considered a WW 2 plane based on the fact that it did not fly any combat missions. Indeed I still have not been able to find details of the operations with the 1st FG, but we cannot flatly rule out the possibility that a more ‘active’...

True. It involved one of the two ETO Project Extraversion YPs, and it took place at 11:40AM on January 28, 1945 on a test-flight at BAD 1, Burtonwood (UK); the aircraft S/N 44-83026, Lockheed C/N 1005, broke up in mid-air, due to a tailpipe flange-attachment failure, and crashed taking the life...

I have seen the mockup combat mentioned on several publications: I'd like to be more precise, but all my books and magazines are still 'in a limbo' as I have recently moved into a new apartment - following four moves in a 10 month period!!! - and my personal library is currently split between...

Thanks for the warm welcome The P-80A was well tried and tested after the war, and its F-80C development saw combat in Korea, so I think there are enough elements to compare the two aircraft. A mockup combat test was flown in 1946 between a production P-80A and a captured Me-262 at Wright...

Hi My first post here and glad to be 'onboard' If we include jet fighters, I'd like to suggest the Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star. Although its operational career in WW II can only be considered very brief, two examples of the pre-production model - the YP-80A - had been flying in Italy...