What is one plane that is underappreciated for how effective it was in combat?

[Venomstick121]

I would have to say F-111 in desert storm.

 

[SaparotRob]

PBY.

 

[MIflyer]

Piper L-4

 

[fubar57]

Groundhog

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[WARSPITER]

Groundhog

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Not even a week into 2024 and here we go......

 

[tomo pauk]

Probably the A-6.

 

[Venomstick121]

Probably the A-6.

FLight of the intruder made me realize the importance of the plane

 

[tomo pauk]

FLight of the intruder made me realize the importance of the plane

An excellent film to boot.

 

[Snautzer01]

Me323. Massive cargo on temporary grass fields cheap to make, easy to fix could be heavely armed with mg. Enormous entry door for bulk cargo.

 

[Venomstick121]

Me323. Massive cargo on temporary grass fields cheap to make, easy to fix could be heavely armed with mg. Enormous entry door for bulk cargo.

What size mg?

Nevermind looked it up and turns out that it could have an 88mm gun, although that was experimental. It was commonly armed with 13 mm and 7.92 mm

 

[Denniss]

It could transport an 88 but not use/fire it.
They made some gunship versions with multiple 2cm gun turrets.
But that did not change the fact they were slow and big targets. Combined with Ultra intercepts they were just easy prey.

 

[Deleted member 68059]

Very under-appreciated, without them you have no pilots, and no combat at all. Plenty of British pilots were trained in USAAF schools too (or at least US civil schools which were later certified by the USAAF to provide basic military instruction).

 

[Capt. Vick]

P-40?

 

[Capt. Vick]

C-47 definitely

 

[Deleted member 68059]

P-40?

Possibly yes, in the aforementioned training role, when there were not enough modern frontline types to complete training, P-40`s were used.

 

[Venomstick121]

C-47 definitely

I saw whiskey 7 over the summer, it served in D-Day

 

[Venomstick121]

Very under-appreciated, without them you have no pilots, and no combat at all. Plenty of British pilots were trained in USAAF schools too (or at least US civil schools which were later certified by the USAAF to provide basic military instruction).

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I love the at-6

 

[Admiral Beez]

What is one plane that is underappreciated for how effective it was in combat?

Fairey Fulmar. The all time top scoring FAA fighter, but still considered rubbish by many. Yes, it's not going to win in dogfights against single seat, monoplane fighters, and a clean B5N will outpace the Brit, but if you're flying an unescorted multi engine torpedo strike aircraft like a SM.79 Sparviero, He.111 or Mitsubishi G4M, you don't want an eight gun Fulmar on your tail.

Armoured Aircraft Carriers

Fairey Fulmar: An overview of the combat history and performance of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm fleet fighter

www.armouredcarriers.com

 

[Capt. Vick]

Or even a 7 gun one!

 

[Engineman]

Groundhog

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Hi fubar, any idea where that airfield in your pic is? Look at the large dark coloured hangars on the left. Looks unusual?

Eng