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Getting positive reactions on this. A lot of people have bookmarked the "book".

What about the Hurricane? Played a very important role in the Battle of Britain. Without it no bases for B-17s, P-47s and P-51s to fly to Germany...

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from The Wildcat Was a Strong Opponent to the Zero Maybe they tried it anyway with the FM2 variant of the F4F? It would have given the plane an additional 100 HP...

Well, I guess posting here is a good idea! Thanks bud! :D I know of some other internet communities that might be interested in this. would you like me to post some links to this topic? (may I?)

I believe the most powerful variant of the Wilcat was the FM2, equiped with the Wright R-1820 engine (1,350 horsepower). Maybe you got the F4F Wildcat mixed up with the F6F Hellcat? The Navy ordered four prototypes of the F6F, each with a different engine for test and evaluation purposes...

Thanks! Yes, there were some Rufe's as well. Alexander Vraciu shot one down over Truk Lagoon on 16 Februari 1944.

Thanks, that makes sense. :) Truk is a relatively small isolated island, so the presence of navy forces is logical. But as it was so important to the Japanese I was wondering if maybe they sent in as much aircraft as they could, including army planes. As far as I know Truk had 4 land based...

I have a question about the Japanese aircraft defending Truk Lagoon during Operation Hailstone on 17 and 18 February 1944. I wonder if the IJA's / IJN's fighter defense force consisted entirely out of Zeke's (A6M) or that there also were some Oscars (Ki-43) and/or Franks (Ki-84) stationed at...