Recent content by Rufus123

I must be the only one that thinks the Do-26 is a hot looking boat...er, I mean plane.

Do-26

With the Wildcats trying to assist the strike aircraft in attacking surface ships what is the best that can be hoped for with the 100 pound bombs? Of course the Wildcats do not have the damage potential of the strike aircraft. I am pretty sure scoring a hit with those 100 pound bombs will be...

I started to ask this about naval fighters in general but change my mind to not include those with fairly impressive bomb loads so Wild cat it is. If carrier aircraft are going against an fairly impressive surface fleet but here are absolutely no enemy air asserts and it is known beyond a...

So if Japan had taken Midway somehow what would the response be. I can imagine the USA would not like anything so close to Pearl considering it had been hit once before. How many ships were available? Could the island be bombed at night?

My thoughts were silly as I don't think the Japanese could have taken Midway even if the naval battle was lost but maybe they could. If Midway was held the 4 engine bombers could hit Midway and if they got some P-38's there maybe a shuttle mission. Fly in refuel fast and then start the escort...

There is no need them for the twin booms. It starts to look like a Tigercat at this point.

It looks big enough to handle a fighter escort to me.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG4w7e5lHHk

Just curious. If for some reason army aircraft in 1942 wanted to try and do an escort to Midway Island what is the furthest island that is practical? I am guessing it would be French Frigate Shoals or is that too far away? In 1942 I am guessing the only plane that could do the job is...

What were the advantages and disadvantages? There are some that by looking I could guess at but guessing my yield poor results on my part. Advantages: No more prop torque. I want to be careful on this guess as I wonder if it makes a difference if the one in back torques different...

Another topic that will be over my head.

Just questions, not facts or opinions on my part. Lets say that the Corsair is considered the better plane. 1. Was there anything that Japanese had that could have had better than 50% success with the pilots average of pilots available against the Hellcat? 2. Even if the Corsair is better...

I don't like AK's and I do like Garand's, Actually I like HK940's but that is another topic. Even though I am not an AK fan the difference in firepower between an Garand and an AK is more then small. The Garand is more accurate, has better range, has more power but does not have more...