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    Aircraft Nickname Origins

    My favorite "official" name was one that snuck by the censors. The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender. Swept-wing design with canards and a pusher prop. commonly pronounced as the "ass-ender'. :twisted:
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    Bomber's fixed guns vs. frontal attacks

    Anyone know if any B-25 was ever credited with shooting down an enemy aircraft with the 75 ??
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    Asymetrical Wing Lengths

    In the Squadron Signal book "Macchi C.205 Veltro Walk-Around", it mentions "As with all Macchi fighters, the C.205's starboard wing was 20cm shorter in span to compensate for propeller torque." How common was this ?
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