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Hi, I haven't been to the site in awhile so bear with me for asking these two questions. First, what did the duty uniforms of the AVG look like? Second, when the pilots manned their P-40s, did they wear the typical one piece flight suits with flight jackets exclusively or did they usually fly in...

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Hi, after a three year hiatus, I'm getting back into my model building hobby by building Revell's 1/48 scale P-40B Tiger Shark. I'm building the USAAF version and I would like to decal it like a P-40 based in Oahu during the Pearl Harbor attack. My questions are: 1) Did all of the P-40s based in...

For WW I:I'd say the Spad 13 For WW II: The F4U Corsair Korea: F-86 Sabre Vietnam:F-4 Phantom Modern: F/A-22 Raptor

IMHO it depends on the weapon size (20 mm as opposed to say .50 caliber) rather than position. Both wing mounted and nose mounted configurations can hit at roughly the same range and inflict the same damage. For example: the late model F4U Corsairs carry four 20 mm in the wings and the early...

IMHO, I think that what makes the difference is the type of weapons as opposed to the position. With both wing and nose mounted weapons..they're usually boresighted to converge at a certain distance. It all depends on the type of weapon or weapon group For example: the P-38 Lightning has four...

For land based fighters: P-47 Thunderbolt Attack: IL-2 Sturmovik Bombers: B-17 Flying Fortress Carrier Aircraft: F-4U Corsair

My interest in warbirds started in 1976 (when I was 7 going on 8) when Baa Baa Black Sheep (later renamed Black Sheep Squadron) first premiered on TV. Then a month later one of my friends gave me a model plane for my eighth birthday. Since that time my interest in warbirds has never diminished...