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2nd Lieutenant
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- May 13, 2018
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Not V-12, not liquid cooled.Surprised no one has mentioned Northrop's XP-56, yet.
Cool video. That MiG sure seems to be having issues retracting that right gear thoughHere's the MiG-3 for comparison
I doubt that there were many of those left for the M.S. 406 when all the squadrons og Bf-109 were having their share too.Had the Germans sent a squadron or two of the Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 with Barbarossa how would they have compared to the USSR's monoplane, V-12 fighters of summer 1941, namely the LaGG-1, LaGG-3, MiG-1, MiG-3 and Yak-1? I think we'd do okay against the limited production and low spec LaGG-1 and MiG-1.
My favourite M.S.406 engagement is their fight in French-Indochina. When they arrived in FIC in 1940 the M.S.406 might have been, for a short while, the best land-based fighter in SEA until the Ki-43 Oscar enters service in Oct 1941. How would the other pre-Oscar, radial-powered SEA fighters, the Brewster Buffalo, Ki-27 Nate or Fokker D.XXI compare to our liquid cooled M.S.406? Interestingly, the Finns used three of the four.I doubt that there were many of those left for the M.S. 406 when all the squadrons og Bf-109 were having their share too.
You should still be able to access that website from beyond the grave.There used to be a fabulous website that detailed its troubled development and re-birth as the (still rather troubled) MiG-3. Alas, it appears to have gone to the great internet graveyard.
You should still be able to access that website from beyond the grave.
Visit this site and see if you can find the old website:
Typhoons are a possibility depending on year and charitable intentions
If the tail can stay on, a V-12 Griffon would make the Typhoon better, not worse. Assuming we can avoid the gaping maw of the Griffon Tempest.(The Typhoon) is) not powered by a V-12. But if we ignore that, and have "at least somewhat widespread service during WWII" as a criterion I think there would be grounds for shortlisting it.
I have an early issue of Air Enthusiast that has an article on that and I'll try to scan and post it.There used to be a fabulous website that detailed its troubled development and re-birth as the (still rather troubled) MiG-3. Alas, it appears to have gone to the great internet graveyard.
The Typhoon gets a bad rap, to be honest.If the tail can stay on, a V-12 Griffon would make the Typhoon better, not worse. Assuming we can avoid the gaping maw of the Griffon Tempest.
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For the Finns, it was the least successful of the four types it started with in 1941.My favourite M.S.406 engagement is their fight in French-Indochina. When they arrived in FIC in 1940 the M.S.406 might have been, for a short while, the best land-based fighter in SEA until the Ki-43 Oscar enters service in Oct 1941. How would the other pre-Oscar, radial-powered SEA fighters, the Brewster Buffalo, Ki-27 Nate or Fokker D.XXI compare to our liquid cooled M.S.406? Interestingly, the Finns used three of the four.
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Which one was?The XP-54 definitely has the best nickname.
It seems whenever a aircraft does bad, it always gets most of the blame.For the Finns, it was the least successful of the four types it started with in 1941.
There was an encounter in FIC, between some Vichy Moranes and Japanese Ki 27s. The Japnese made a clean sweep.