They had awesome paint jobs. Tough looking canopy and head the silhouette is terrifying
Most Beautiful Aircraft of WW2?
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Thanks for that. That's a new one to me.
http://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=Forgotten_Aircraft:_The_Republic_XF-12_Rainbow
Looks like a 4 engine H-111, nice lines
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
I'm sure I'll get some flak for this (maybe not), but I always thought my sig had a certain elegance to it....
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Sweet.
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
Thank you.
I'm a bit of a sucker for the P-38, especially this one...
P-38 static-2
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Then again, can't go wrong with a Griffon engined Spitfire for sheer menace...
Spitfire static-8
Throw in a Castoldi fighter...
C.205
And a Fiat for good measure...
G.55
Add a dab of bent-wing bastardry...
Corsair -1
And a touch of Superfortress-ness (although the Chinese have done something hideous to its engine cowls)
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Plus a bit of British quirkiness.
1207 RAFM Cosford Defiant
And a spot of German ingenuity...
Me 262
Science Museum Komet
And some Japanese fastidiousness...
Ki-46 1
And some devillish French charm...
Europe 07
So much to choose from...
Then again, can't go wrong with a Griffon engined Spitfire for sheer menace...
Throw in a Castoldi fighter...
And a Fiat for good measure...
Add a dab of bent-wing bastardry...
And a touch of Superfortress-ness (although the Chinese have done something hideous to its engine cowls)
Plus a bit of British quirkiness.
And a spot of German ingenuity...
And some Japanese fastidiousness...
And some devillish French charm...
So much to choose from...
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Great pictures but what's the story behind that B-29? Could it be a Tupelov?
Indeed it is. Tupolev Tu-4. The Chinese received a few for carrying out bombing raids on Taiwan - Mao wanted to nuke the island but Khruschev wouldn't give him any nuclear weapons, so the Chinese developed their own. The turboprops were AI-20 engines built under licence in China for Antonov An-12 transports. This is one of only three surviving complete Tu-4s. Here are the second and third, this one is in the same museum near Beijing as the one above and the third at Monino, near Moscow.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
What was the time frame for the Chairman's wanting to use the bomb on Taiwan? Was it before or after General MacArthur's desire to use nukes on the PLA in Korea? Is this thread drift?
Admiral Beez
Major
Seafire wasn't so bad. If handled properly the Seafire could land well enough.
Not all Seafire landings are prangs
Would you be offended if we strapped a few bazookas onto it?
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I'm drawn to this picture. It looks like a Lockheed Electra running away with its tail between its legs.
Admiral Beez
Major
Nice! The US Army had their own aircraft carriers. Sort of like the IJ Army's Yamashio Maru class CVE and the Akitsu Maru assault ship. Did any of these LSTs fly Pipers with Bazookas? That would be the US Army providing its own CAS.
The saga of the seasick US Army Piper Cubs on the Navy's smallest aircraft carriers.
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Great link, Admiral! I never knew the IJA had aircraft carriers.
Admiral Beez
Major
I know, pretty cool.
Imagine the 15 knot Yamashio Maru and its eight Kokusai Ki-76 each armed with a single .303 mg in the rear seat vs. the 12 knot LST-906 and its six Piper Cubs, presumably someone hanging out the door with M3 grease gun. Not suggesting a what if scenario for discussion, just being silly.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I've heard that seltzer bottles sound like dropping bombs when tossed from a Piper Cub.
