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There was an Anglo-American myth constructed about this period, at the time and shortly thereafter, which holds that the Germans more or less did what they wanted whereas the plucky Brits put up a spirited resistance. The ever cheerful cockneys would show that they could take whatever the...

The Luftwaffe suffered such grievous losses during daytime operations that daylight bombing was unsustainable likewise the USAF before the drop tanked P51's arrived were uncerimoniously savaged by the Luftwaffe who were a different proposition fighting over their own soil....... EVERYONE SOON...

We know from archive that the most studious records were kept by the Luftwaffe their fighter groups viewed it as a competition not unlike contesting racing drivers most having ego's and drive to be the best that made them solitary hunters although I totally agree all air forces were guilty of...

I ask the question because all sorts of factors shape the final kill total - were the kills fighter v bomber or fighter v fighter ? - were the opposing fighters of comparable performance ? for instance i favour kills in inferior aircraft eg Saboru Sakai (zero v F6F,zero v corsair) or Pokryshkin...

We are all aware that the various air forces had different rules as regard registering fighter pilot kill this coupled with the general chaos that ensues during war we see the stats but how accurate are they and furthermore should we calculate them in when assessing a particular aces wartime...

HA HA HA LOL NICE ONE AIRFRAME

I keep getting told that Adolf Galland was WW2's greatest fighter pilot GRRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!

I always considered the tempest to be the most underrated fighter in the war the Luftwaffe high command were so alarmed at their fighter losses at the hands of the tempest squadrons that they issued a directive to their pilots to avoid dogfights with them knowing they would nearly always...

Hi there fellow members been a rough time,been away a long time and I missed you all but war eagle is back look forward to chatting about all things aviation in the coming months,I can't promise to always agree with you but I will always respect your opinions.I will graciously bow to correction...

I have read that the exact location of at least some of the crates has been recently established using ground penetrating imaging equipment they could see a large collection of what looked like fusalages tightly packed together and crating material recovered by boring machines.Apparently they...

To give a short answer the 262 with its higher speed,better manouverability and 4 cannon would hammer the meteor and rookies were never let near a 262 only top aces (EXPERTEN) were considered for jet fighter training as the plane was basically a deathtrap in inexperienced hands.

Fuel shortages were not an immediate issue in the first 2 years of hostilities only failure to capture the oil rich areas of russia and romania prompted and accelerated the problem.In hindsight knowing what transpired on the Eastern front and after failure to win the skies over the channel thus...

I,ve gone for Aleksandr Pokryshkin on this one.I base my vote on many factors not just outright kills which is not telling the entire story especially in Pokryshkins case.The first factor i examined is his tactical input and overall contribution to his airforces success and his re-writing of the...

The answer to jenisch,s question is not fully answered by a blinding of aviation science you have to look at the prevailing situation that presented itself to the japanese military and its airforces in the early stages of hostilities.In October 1937 its opening spec requirements were...

Thankyou MichaelMaltby I stand corrected right accolade wrong hero of the soviet union of course the deflection master was Ivan Kozedub.