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    Why did the US ww2 fighters have 50 cals instead of 20mms like their european cousins

    four cannon OR two cannon and four .303s.
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    How good a plane was the P-40, really?

    The two stage Allison in the P-40Q still didn't have the altitude performance of a Merlin P-51 or a P-47 and the engine itself was known to have not always performed as advertised. The Air Force was not happy about using it in F-82s after the Merlin production license expired.
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    How good a plane was the P-40, really?

    I stand corrected, to a degree. From what I can see, the only models that climbed at that rate were the L and N-1 models which benefited from drastic weight reductions including removal of 2 guns and among other things a significant reduction in fuel capacity. That's especially the case for the...
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    How good a plane was the P-40, really?

    The only model that could get close to 3,000 FPM in a climb at low altitude was the original P-40, no suffix, which pre dated the P-40B.
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    The real combat history of the Ki-43

    You're confusing two stage supercharging with two speed supercharging, or the author of your reference is. There were no B-17s captured in the CBI. If there was one used for practice, it would have had to be on of the three captured in the Philippines or Java, which given the time frame is...
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    B-17E in Europe

    The initial production B-17Fs had the same number of .30 cal gun sockets in the nose as the B-17E.
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    Curtiss P-36 Hawk , Curtiss Hawk Model 75

    It's a thinly vailed ad for the export model of the P-36. USAAC P-36s did not have armor, 4 wing guns, the ability to carry under wing cannons , or bomb racks.
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    eBay: Curtiss P-40

    P-40Rs. Merlin P-40Rs, Merlins replaced with Allisons.
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    Why were U.S. pursuit fighters at the start of WW2 of lower performance than European fighters?

    The Zero was "combat ready" based on Japanese design theory and aerial combat doctrine that specifically saw no need for armor and self sealing tanks.
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    eBay: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

    B-17B
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    How can the U.S. cockade be confused with the Japanese cockade?

    In the SWPA the Army units began painting out or reducing the size of the red center as early as March.
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    P-400 Airacobra In North Africa

    All those aircraft had two speed superchargers which could be shifted to high and low blower speeds. What would be the purpose of a single speed supercharger that could be disengaged?
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    P-400 Airacobra In North Africa

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    P-400 Airacobra In North Africa

    How could an aircraft such as the Spitfire Mk 1 with a single speed supercharger have the option to disengage it? And, for what purpose?
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    P-400 Airacobra In North Africa

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