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posted by tokentiki
2/26/2009 12:03:37 PM

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The Living End : LVL 57: VP 5: said:

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269 days 21 hours ago...

Man, the F4U Corsair is an amazing plane. Quite the technological leap forward back in its day.

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theend81 : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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269 days 17 hours ago...

I`m a big fan of the mustang myself.

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Uzo : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

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269 days 17 hours ago...

Supermarine Spitfire, all the way,

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torne : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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269 days 17 hours ago...

japanese zero plane here :P

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PokeyGorilla : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

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269 days 17 hours ago...

Its all about the P-38 lightning. Twin engines good range and firepower plus it looks awesome, and if I`m not mistaken some of the best aces in the pacific preferred them. They could cut power to one of their engines to do quick radial turns without banking.

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Hydro150 : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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269 days 16 hours ago...

They`re so high I bet they can see everything in PLANE view

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Uzo : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

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268 days 17 hours ago...

^ The P-38 was good in the Pacific, indeed. Sucked everywhere else. The damned thing`s cockpit would freeze solid in a European theater. One good reason for sitting on top of a Merlin engine - you stay warm.

And the Mitsubishi Zero was a great aircraft - extremely nimble. It, unfortunately, didn`t have the ammunition nor range for extended missions. The A6M-5, towards the end of the war, was great; but the A6M-2 in the early 40s had a range, like the Nate, of a lost hummingbird. Great for combat but shit house if you don`t know where the bad guy is. And Japan had no radar. Hence, fucked.
The US planes in the Pacific theatre were generally heavily armed and armoured, and could carry fuel tanks which would extend their range significantly. Finally, the USN/USMC/etc didn`t have arrogant fucksticks planning missions. The Japanese pilots were phenomenal - their commanders, sadly, were absolute fucking morons who got their positions a la World War One style (daddy bought you a commission).

Now, back to my original point - the Supermarine Spitfire didn`t have the range of a P-38, nor the punch of a nose-mounted 20mm (I believe they were mounted on the wings of the Spits), and - like the Zero - it didn`t have much of a range until later in the war.

However, the Spitfire along with the Hurricane (another fantastic aircraft - perhaps moreso than the Spit) won the Battle of Britain. No other aircraft can claim such a victory, just as no other people but the Brits (esp Londoners) can claim that they took the biggest hits of the Luftwaffe - the largest and best armed airforce, relatively, *ever* - and held their ground.

Rant over.

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