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    Best Bomber of ww2

    These u-boats had much more to lose though. The concept of flak-trap u-boats meant that they had to confront aircarft on the surface instead of avoiding them.
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    Best Bomber of ww2

    How about the best Russian and the best Japanese bombers?
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    Best tank killer aircraft of WW2 Part I

    The Krauts had very good cannon but they seem to have this bad habit of mixing up various calibres in an aircraft. Not just in tank killers but in every type of combat aircraft. Take the Do217 nightfighter for example: six 20- and 30-mm. plus four 7.92-mm mg. Why not just six 20-mm. or four...
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    Best tank killer aircraft of WW2 Part I

    Rockets vs. AT guns? I'd prefer rockets. They seem to be more simple to use plus they give fighters the ability to destroy tanks without taking out much from their agility.
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    Worst plane in its indended role(s)

    I'd say the Fairey Fulmar was a bad concept for a carrier fighter... Could'nt even stop the stukas from bombing HMS Illustrious...
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    Best Bomber Killing Aircraft......

    There's something funny about the Fw-190; when its sitting on the ground the main landing gear looks as if they haven't fully opened up but they're actually made that way. I don't know.. Maybe its just me... I just have this itch of getting to one of those fighters and pushing those wheels a...
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    Best Fighter

    A P-38 with Merlin engines.... Now that's a thought.
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    Best Fighter

    I'd go for the Mustang with the Me-262 and Tempest close behind. The deciding factor for me is the fact that the P-51 had the more impact on the War than the other two which means if the Me-262 had not been delayed in its deployment it would have been the greatest. Besides the P-51D didn't...
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    The Greatest Fighter Pilot in WW II???

    There was this encounter early on in Saburo Sakai's career in China were he and his buddies ganged up on an obsolete Chinese plane and he remarked how skillful their prey was in outmaneuvering them considering that they had him boxed up at low altitude with their highly modern zeros. You could...
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    Best Bomber Killing Aircraft......

    Contrary to popular beliefs the best bomber killing aircraft were actually the A5M and Ki-27. Take-off, fly it, then squash... I mean smash it on a B-29. :>
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    Bombers defensive armament: a misconceived idea?

    I'm just wondering why the RAF stuck to their .303s when they could have acquired the .50 heavy machine-guns much earlier from the Americans. Any of you guys know of a reason for this?
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    Best Bomber of ww2

    For me I'd rate these bombers in three categories: Best Heavy Bomber - B-29 Superfortress Best Light/Med Bomber - Mosquito, B-25 Mitchell Best Ground Attack - Il-2 Shturmovik, B-25 Mitchell The Arado jet bomber and A-26 Invader were probably the best in their class but they came a...
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    The Greatest Fighter Pilot in WW II???

    It's quite sad to find out that these WW2 generation of aces are quietly passing away. They're quite a contrast to the peacetime heroes that we have today: football, basketball, politicians... But I think people won't completely forget about them. Do any of you guys know of any websites...
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    The Greatest Fighter Pilot in WW II???

    I don't think the russians were "weak assed". They had guys who were as good or even better than German and Allied pilots alike. Hell they had women pilots for aces too. And what about that guy who strangled his German opponent to death after shooting him down and hunting him on foot? Also...
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    The Greatest Fighter Pilot in WW II???

    The bottom line for me is Erich Hartmann took out seven USAAF Mustangs. Some folks say that the quality of Soviet aircraft and pilots was a main factor for the high scores achieved by the Luftwaffe aces in the East. This might have been true in the early part of the war in Russia but by the...
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