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    P-51 against the 109

    "Fuel did come, but it's just question of you look how many training hours a LW pilot received and an American pilot received. Both sides suffered casualities, but the Americans could replace pilots adequately, the Germans not."... My thoughts exactly. When you no longer have command of the air...
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    P-51 against the 109

    The LW was not only starved out of fuel; let's not forget it lost experienced pilots throughout its struggle against the USAAF/RAF/VVS. Airframes and fuel can come around one way or another, Nazi Germany managed this until very late in the war when even Me-262's rose to challenge American air...
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    Altitude of attacks by Lancasters

    I wonder what their crews had to say about that.
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    You are in charge of the Luftwaffe: July 1940

    In other words a prioritized and sustained bombing campaign against Britain and its capacity to wage war more or less in the lines of what the USSAAF and BC did for the latter part of the war against Germany without diverting to other fronts. That is something on which I could agree. I too...
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    Richard Connally (Renrich) in memoriam

    So sad to see another of our fine members take that fateful dive into eternity so soon after the passing of Neil :( RIP Renrich, your memory will never fade away from this community which, rightly pointed, is an amazingly united family that goes beyond nationalities, heritages and cultures.
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    RIP pbfoot

    This is indeed very sad news. As a reader more than a poster on the formus for quite some time ago, I too came to realize and appreciate the great amount of knowledge and experience our friend had. RIP Mr. Neil
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    The Christmas Truce

    Great article Vassili, very well resumed by its author. I wish more articles like this would make it to newspapers and magazines to enhance a bit more awareness for the average reader about important events in both world wars.
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    Rockets on fighters.

    AFAIK at least one P-47 pilot managed to down a LW fighter using air-to-ground rockets as well.
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    The Christmas Truce

    Michael, thank you so much for that great article you posted. I find every story about WWI extremely fascinating and that famous Christmas truce of 1914 is not exception.
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    Path of Hate Videoclip featuring Bf-109

    Hello guys Found this music video a while ago, liked it, downloaded to my mp3 and wondered if any of you have seen it before. Really neat song and videoclip that our young, or young at heart members might find enjoyable :p View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VeGF74Y6a4
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    'Fortress' Complete Movie on YouTube

    You are welcome guys :)
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    'Fortress' Complete Movie on YouTube

    Hello guys If any of you hasn't watched this movie which had a limited release earlier this year; it happens to be already on YouTube and is definitely worth the effort. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cf8562ONzo
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    Aviation myths that will not die

    And even that did not prevent it of being zapped by a thunderbolt or two :lol: Good one meatloaf lol
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    Girls and Aircraft - Volume II

    My oh my...:p
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    P-51 B/C/D service deployment and strenght

    Thanks drgondog. I've done some preliminary reading on the 23rd and will do a research on those units you mentioned.
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