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    Could the Japanese have captured Hawaii if they had won the battle of Midway?

    I read this scenario somewhere. I think it was " If Mahan Ran the Great War". Oahu is too well defended to be captured easily. Instead of sending their troops to SE Asia/Phillipines, have the transports a safe safe distance behind the Pearl Harbor strike force. If the Pearl Harbor attack is not...
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    P-38 with Merlin Engines? Any such animal?

    I always wondered why the US didn't standardize on the Merlin for inline engines. I remember seeing a book (don't remember the title) about P38s which had a photo of what it claimed was a P38 w/ Merlins. I don't remember what else the book had to say about the experiment.
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    History Channel "Dogfights"

    I saw the same episode as drgondog. In one of the dogfights, 8 P-51s attacked approx 50 Me-109s. I've read other accounts of P-51s attacking large gaggles of German fighters and accounting well. It's not simply a matter of US fighters outnumbering the Germans.
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    USAAF airfield pictures

    Here is a link to a Wikipedia posting of USAAF airfields in England. If you click most of the airfield names, you can see an aerial photo of it. Category:Defunct World War II USAAF Fields - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    USAAF airfield pictures

    Here is a link to a Wikipedia posting. If you click most of the airfield names, you can see an aerial photo of alot of USAAF airfields in England. Category:Defunct World War II USAAF Fields - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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