Erich
the old Sage
how about a Fw 190A-8/R8 to throw another curve........ ?
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book1182 said:Let's get back to the aircraft. No body has said anything about the FW-190F. I think this was the ground attack version of a the very successful fighter. I would have loved to been in one of those. It would have to be up there with the Typhoon in the category of aircraft that could also dog fight.
What do you all think?
Erich said:Ju 87 obsolete ? hardly not with the 10th Panzerstaffels running around destroying T-34's and Stalin's on the Ost front well into 1945. The NSG's fitted with D-3's and D-5's were a thorn in the side of the Allied ground troops flesh as they progressed into the Reich. so much so that Patton insisted the US P-61 squadrons 422nd and 425th do all they could to bring them down and clear the front lines of communication
And I would agree 100% with that... Same thing could be said of the Il-2 Sturmovik, armour or no armour....However, to be fair, for the years 1938-1940, it was a good airplane. After that, it had better fly when no enemy fighters were near by.
plan_D said:The Spitfire F.XII was also a neat little performer down low, to put it lightly. Surely there were some earlier Fw-190s in service during 1944-1945? A-4s, A-5s, A-6s or even a few A-9s?