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04-28-2004, 01:52 PM
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#16 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | ok i don't care what you say, that WAS a dig at me 
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04-29-2004, 03:06 AM
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#17 | | Senior Member
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07-28-2004, 10:28 PM
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Country:  | i haven't heard of a russian spitfire but i've heard that the russians also used american p-40 warhawks
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07-28-2004, 10:39 PM
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| Some Spitfires were used as a typical fighters (Finnish Air Force downed some) and there were also reconaissance Spits in Soviet Air Force. | |
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07-29-2004, 01:07 PM
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| The Russians used a lot of Western designed aircraft. Basically, they would use whatever they could get their hands on (the P-39 being a good example).
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07-29-2004, 01:40 PM
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Country: | The Finnish downed 7 Spitfires in all. The VVS were willing to use whatever we gave them, but we didn't give them crap. 3000 Hurricane IIB and IIC, 20 IID and 30 IV. 1300 Spitfire V and IX. And whatever the Americans gave them P-40s, C-47s and P-39s.
On top of that the RAF had pilots out there when the first Hurricanes went out, and they destroyed 16 German aircraft while training the VVS.
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07-29-2004, 04:19 PM
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| They also got some Bostons. | |
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07-29-2004, 10:05 PM
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| Lots of Bostons plus almost the entire production run of P-63s.
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07-30-2004, 09:55 AM
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| And Mitchells, but not many. | |
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07-30-2004, 12:55 PM
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| The Mitchells were mostly going to the Pacific and the Med. The Americans (at least) didn't seem to send many of their best aircraft that way.
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07-30-2004, 01:23 PM
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| But some Mitchells got somehow to the USSR. | |
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07-30-2004, 10:19 PM
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| A few, but there were more A-20s being sent over to Russia.
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10-24-2006, 04:03 PM
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#28 | | Junior Member
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Country:  | I'm looking for some camouflage documentation on Russian Spits, mkV's and IX's. I've seen some just snowy white and others ocean grey over camo grey with blue undersurfaces, like a yak. Anyone know any variations? | |
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10-25-2006, 08:29 AM
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#29 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Try this site right here, not sure on its accuracy but it is still an interesting site: WINGS PALETTE - Supermarine Spitfire - USSR/Russia
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04-18-2007, 12:20 AM
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Country:  | Also some A-36s got sent to Russia, I think before they became useful as P-51 Mustangs... | |
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