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Soren, the nagging thing is back to anecdotal stories.
One of my dear friends was a marine Night Fighter that flew F7Fs out of Okinawa at the end of the war. He flew F4Us, F7F and also flew the F6F and F8F. He swore that the F7F was the best single piston engine fighter he ever flew and I have heard this from several pilots that flew the F7F.
It was a 'beast' in a spin (unrecoverable after 3-4), a beast in a dive above .8Mach but allegedly outclimbed the F8F by a significant margin, was faster and could out dive it. Could not turn or roll with F8F.. but I want to see the facts (lol).
And the 'freakin' thing could carry a TORPEDO...try sticking that on a P-51 (or Ta 152)
Soren -
Exactly comiso90.
I have Hermann's book on the Ta-152, and the Ta-152 was like the FW-190 capable of carrying a torpedo, that was my "subtle" point
Bill,
Next time note the grin
Anyhow we are in agreement Bill.
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PS: If one can't distinguish a FW-190A from a Ta-152 then one needs glasses!
Someone needs to brush up on their airplane ID.
That plane in the photo is a Fw190A-5/U14, WNr 871 with a LTF 5b torpedo. A similar /U15 was to carry the B&V LT950.
There was a design study done to fit a torpedo to the Fw190D-12/R14 and Ta152C/R14.
Somebody needs to know when a post is directed towards them and is not directed towards them.
Lighten up. You got no humor?
Perhaps his point was also that a Fw had to be modified to carry a torpedo while the F7F might have carried it like that...
Kris
Future test pilot and 355th vet (again) of Vietnam, Bob White was shot down in WR-V 42-103795 P-51C on Feb 23rd, 1945.
Thee P-51 is hardly superior(meaning very little) to the FW-190 and Bf-109.
Wow imagine my surprise to see my cousin Bob White listed after doing a 'net search for his aircraft the "Duchess of Manhattan" 42-103795 WR-V, the P-51C you listed!
Is there by any chance just one pic of that aircraft? I have looked at the Steeple Morden site yet no go. In fact I have scoured the net and nothing except tail number, name and date lost/POW status of Bob.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Thank you so very much Sir, I have looked for years and I just took a chance today by asking here as you know. You have no idea how I feel right now seeing this aircraft finally after so many, many years of wondering. Since it was destroyed by flak I assumed that I never would get to see a pic. I also found out today that a book either is being written about him or has recently been released. He flew the F-80 in Japan, the X-15 as I'm sure you know and then flew F-105's in Nam with the 355th TFW at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. He was instrumental in the development of the F-15, avionics I believe was his charge. He was recently inducted into the Aeronautical Hall of Fame and has received many awards, too numerous to list.
Again thank you so very much, I am much indebted my friend.