Which theater of War Would you choose for flying?

Which theater of World War II Would you choose for flying?

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I would choose to be in the African Theater because aside from the pacific and the European theaters there was alot of land and when you had to bail out there was actually land there instead of landing on liquid water
 
MP-Willow said:
As for the party and the sakers send them all to Canada
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Hmmm... Not a good idea... The province of Québec is already starting to looks like Haiti (politically, I mean). We don't need their population.

By the way, may any of you tell me if they know ANY old French colonies that didn't ended in a dictatorship ?
 
Canada is not a dictatorship and it was at one time more French then English, sadly they just did not want to stay and exploit everything they could from the land as the English did and as Americans do now, we learned well.

As for Quebec, they are a breed apart and can be amusing at times. But I think they will always be part of Canada.

Dan -Europe had lots of land to fall into! Africa had lots of hot desert and sand to get lost in with out a lot of Water
 

Only something I want to point out...

I never said that Canada was a dictatorship, I said that the Province of Québec was on its way to become one... We saw it during the "Crise d'Octobre" in the 70s, when the FLQ murdered a federal minister. And we can still see it with some f*cking searatists like Bernard Landry (or the "Reich Führer", as nicknamed by federalists), leader of the "Parti Québécois" or Pierre Falardeau and a guy named Villeneuve, both members of the old FLQ.
 
Thanks Meastro. Now more on topic, why not fly for Poland in 1939 8)
To face all that is overwhelming and then maybe escape to England and keep on flying!
 
I would like to point out that England beat France in Canada but let them stay. Why, I will never know.

Flying for Poland in 1939. Obselete plane, out-numbered, out-classed...yes, sounds like a joy.
 
I always thought it would be cool to fly night-fighter escort duty. It must of been fantastic to be up there in the black, flying by instruments, looking at the stars.

Or maybe a dive bomber like the Stuka, heading straight down at 90 degrees... That would have been some ride.
 
I think night-flying would drive you mad. Long periods of time where absolutely nothing might happen but death could litterally come at any moment. At least at day you had a reasonable chance of seeing an attacker.
 
Well, that's what radar is for. But seriously, I think the fact that night fighting was more like a battle of detection and wits makes it more interesting, somehow. Though of course, I didn't have to do it, so what do I know...
 
That's true too. But at best an aircraft had radar covering a few degrees forward and a few degrees rearward and most lacked this rear-warning system. Did the Germans have equipment to home in on a Mossie's radar like they could home in on H2S? Was Schrage Musik used against the NF Mossies? Scary thoughts.
 
I wonder what the loss rate for night fighters escorts were compared to their day counterparts? I would imagine lower combat losses (due to less encounters(??)) but more chances of accidents?
 
From the Luftwaffe point of view, the nf's were like lone wolf's and although a staffel of Ju 88's as an example would be up in the air at the same time, it was highly unlikely the German a/c would be in close proximity to one another as the RAF and even US bomber stream were miles long. There was actually more fear of flak just right over the target as at night it was mostly the case to intercept all RAF a/c on the route in and the route going back out to England. The Schräg waffen was not used against the mossie just forward firing weapons, and yes the Rückswart(rear warning radar) could pick up the Mossie AI.

simply sep[akeing for day time activies there were much more 109's/Fw 190's in the air and tons of P-51's as escorts for interception compared to the Mossie squadrons supplied to ward off N.F.'s of which there were some obviously but were in essence told to protect individual areas at night so there wer not the en-masse that was seen during the day......does this make any sense ?

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Erich said:
From the Luftwaffe point of view, the nf's were like lone wolf's...
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Yeah, again this is why I think night fighting over Europe would be so interesting. An intense cat and mouse game, trying to detect and pounce on the opponent before he does the same to you.
 
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