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Anything is a help, but from what I read if you ditch a fighter it sinks in seconds and if you parachute, the thing that just helped you float down then tries to kill you. Its also very difficult to see someone in the water from a boat unless the sea is flat calm.I thought the "Lobster Pots" was a great idea and gave air crew better odds for survival (providing they were downed near one).
And that's also assuming the pilot wasn't injured by enemy gunfire and/or got their face hammered by the gunsight when the aircraft hit the water.Anything is a help, but from what I read if you ditch a fighter it sinks in seconds and if you parachute, the thing that just helped you float down then tries to kill you. Its also very difficult to see someone in the water from a boat unless the sea is flat calm.
And his Mae West wasnt burned or punctured. The way this is discussed and reported in various articles is suggestive of all RAF pilots drowning while all LW pilots just had to get within 20miles of France and they survived. It was a fact that RAF pilots who chased LW fighters across the channel frequently got shot down, this is what Dowding was keenest to avoid. It was a war off attrition and good pilots had to be preserved.And that's also assuming the pilot wasn't injured by enemy gunfire and/or got their face hammered by the gunsight when the aircraft hit the water.
More like he'll grow up to be a proud boy.His failure to address facts presented, and his continuing rebuttal of all the documented evidence in answer to his on-going juvenile tirade would indicate that he is, basically, a waste of rations, and, perhaps, at some point in the (probably) distant future, he may actually grow up
The P51's aerodynamic advantages are mostly associated with powered flight. It's L/D in glide is probably notably less than a BoB Spitfire, and it's greater weight means best L/D will come at a significantly higher speed. If the engine is for sure not available, then the prop must be stopped as that big four bladed windmill will kill glide performance. Slowing to just above a stall and waiting patiently for it to spin down should do the trick. I've done this in several different aircraft (with RELIABLE starters) in the days of young and foolish. It works.Thanks I always wondered how far away from UK a P-51 could run out of fuel and glide in.
Gentlemen, I would suggest that continuing this ridiculous... er .... "debate" with our obviously very ill-informed and certainly opinionated "friend" is totally fruitless.
His failure to address facts presented, and his continuing rebuttal of all the documented evidence in answer to his on-going juvenile tirade would indicate that he is, basically, a waste of rations, and, perhaps, at some point in the (probably) distant future, he may actually grow up - although current evidence would indicate that he's a total ****wit, so that's doubtful !
Meanwhile, I wish him the best of luck in his dream world ..........................................
The old adage about minds and parachutes comes to mind?Again, it goes back to someone being so sure in their knowledge that they're unable to learn anything more.
The old adage about minds and parachutes comes to mind?
Call me T Rex.Once you're convinced you know something, you've started to fossilize.
Call me T Rex.
From Eagle in FlamesPretty much every statement in that post is complete and utter garbage. The Luftwaffe NEVER had air superiority over the Channel. They were never able to operate freely over the Channel except close to the French coast.
Regardless, what does air superiority over the Channel have to do with the UK's ability to rescue downed pilots? Have you ever heard of these things - apparently they were rather successful:
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You say there was danger for British fighters being bounced over the Channel...but that's EXACTLY where the UK's "useless" radar was looking, and the air defence network could warn any formation before being bounced.
Radius of action for British and German fighters may have been limited (compared to the later P-51, for example) but it wasn't so short that operations couldn't be maintained over the Channel.
Which proves that it was the LW who had air superiority over the Channel .Thanks I always wondered how far away from UK a P-51 could run out of fuel and glide in.
There were almost 1000 sorties by the LW across the Channel, very few by the RAF
Which proves that it was the LW who had air superiority over the Channel .
You have absolutely NO clue as to WTF you're talking about.From Eagle in Flames
Which proves that it was the LW who had air superiority over the Channel .
The attacks of Bomber Command had nothing to do with the Battle of Britain .What about Bomber Command's sorties during the BoB? They flew a great many missions to attack invasion barges and port facilities, not to mention longer-range sorties into Germany itself. The image below is dated 10 August 1940 and shows Le Bourget being added to a list of recent targets attacked by the Blenheims of 110 Sqn (Source: IWM):
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How was this possible if the Luftwaffe had air superiority over the Channel?
Sort if like the Luftwaffe had nothing to do with the Battle of Britain either, right?The attacks of Bomber Command had nothing to do with the Battle of Britain .
The attacks of Bomber Command had nothing to do with the Battle of Britain .