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Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
hurricane pilots siad they could turn inside the 109....................
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Many a 109 pilot made the same mistakeAdolf Galland said:
The Bf 109 was better in many respects, but not in a turning fight.
With two pilots of the same skill and determination, a Hurricane will always out-turn a 109.
Its to do with wing load ratio, the higher a wing load ratio is, normally, the wider the turning circle. The Bf had the highest wing-loading ratio of the 3, and the Hurricane had the lowest.
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Finally! The Beaufighter has got a vote!
The Bolton Paul Defiants were sitting ducks, Adolf, Not the Hurricanes...
The Bolton Paul Defiants were sitting ducks, Adolf, Not the Hurricanes...
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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after the first weeks at least, they enjoyed success to start with...........
Nonskimmer
Captain
You lie!!! 
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cheddar cheese
Major General
No really they did Bf-109 pilots thought they were Hurricanes, crept up behind them, and got shot to shit by the turret. When they found this out though it became a sitting duck.
Bf-109 pilots thought they were Hurricanes, crept up behind them, and got shot to shit by the turret. When they found this out though it became a sitting duck.
Nonskimmer
Captain
Ah, I see. Dirty tricks then.
Maestro
Master Sergeant
Funny fact about the Spitfire/Hurricane thing...
"I was finally on duty in the RAF, assigned to Tangmere, one of the main bases of the Battle of Britain. At the beginning, I was flying a Hurricane, a wonderful plane, strong as a rock. They said that the Spitfire won the Battle of Britain, but it's a legend. [...] Even Germans knew this legend about the Spitfire. The great Peter Townsend told me one day that he got lucky enough to meet, in a hospital, a German pilot he shot down.
"I'm glad to meet the Spitfire pilot who shot me down" said the German pilot.
"No, no. I was piloting a Hurricane !" said Peter.
He got a hard time to convince the German pilot. But this one finally said :
"Right, but if ever you meet one of my friends, tell him that I've been shot down by a Spitfire !"
- James A. Goodson (Flew with the RCAF 416 squadron, then transferred to the USAAF 133 squadron (Eagle squadron) at the end of 1942.)
"I was finally on duty in the RAF, assigned to Tangmere, one of the main bases of the Battle of Britain. At the beginning, I was flying a Hurricane, a wonderful plane, strong as a rock. They said that the Spitfire won the Battle of Britain, but it's a legend. [...] Even Germans knew this legend about the Spitfire. The great Peter Townsend told me one day that he got lucky enough to meet, in a hospital, a German pilot he shot down.
"I'm glad to meet the Spitfire pilot who shot me down" said the German pilot.
"No, no. I was piloting a Hurricane !" said Peter.
He got a hard time to convince the German pilot. But this one finally said :
"Right, but if ever you meet one of my friends, tell him that I've been shot down by a Spitfire !"
- James A. Goodson (Flew with the RCAF 416 squadron, then transferred to the USAAF 133 squadron (Eagle squadron) at the end of 1942.)
Nonskimmer
Captain
Ha! Take that Hurricane fans!
Nonskimmer
Captain
Touché.
Cheap Labour
Airman
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- Dec 3, 2004
I think you mean the highest CLAIMING fighter of the war. Everyone knows the deal with RAF claims.
"So I hopped over the 109s with ease, and shot down the whole foramtion of Heinkels! Must have been 100 of them! One pass of course, old boy."
"So I hopped over the 109s with ease, and shot down the whole foramtion of Heinkels! Must have been 100 of them! One pass of course, old boy."
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cheddar cheese
Major General
NightHawk
Senior Airman
The overwhelming firepower of the hurrican could scrap a hevly armed target with a reletive ease, But with added firepower theres and added recoil wich requires a sturdyer frame, Wich in turn is adding wight,
in the end it effects preformence.
The hurrican was never made to be a fighter it was a tankbuster so no wounder thet the hurrican was a siting duck for the 109.
The germen pilots feared the spitfire, You never heared "achtung hurrican" it was allways "Achtung! Spitfire",
in the end it effects preformence.
The hurrican was never made to be a fighter it was a tankbuster so no wounder thet the hurrican was a siting duck for the 109.
The germen pilots feared the spitfire, You never heared "achtung hurrican" it was allways "Achtung! Spitfire",
Cheap Labour
Airman
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- Dec 3, 2004
You're kidding - right? If a country is designing tanks that can be destroyed with a wash of .303 then they need to redesign the thing - or stop making them out of wood.
You know the Hurricane was designed as the RAF's first monoplane fighter? Keyword: Fighter?
It's a shame Hurricane Mk.IIcs weren't around for BoB. I don't think too many Kraut bombers could hold up to 4 20mm.
You know the Hurricane was designed as the RAF's first monoplane fighter? Keyword: Fighter?
It's a shame Hurricane Mk.IIcs weren't around for BoB. I don't think too many Kraut bombers could hold up to 4 20mm.
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cheddar cheese
Major General
"Achtung! Spitfeur!" If you wanna be totally precise
It seems to me a lot of people need educating on the effectiveness of the Hurricane...
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cheddar cheese
Major General
I dont think I would 8)
Maestro
Master Sergeant
plan_D said:
Heh... Nice saying !
