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03-21-2008, 03:49 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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| 4 Most Important Ok, I was just thinking about what the four most important Allied aircraft where of World War 2. Here's my choices B-17 Flying Fortress P-51 Mustang C-47 Skytrain Il-2 Shturmovik Anyone care to disagree? |
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03-21-2008, 04:02 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| Hard to pick 4 but... C-47 Lancaster B-17 B-29
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03-21-2008, 05:06 PM
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| Older Than Dirt  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| Without designating a catagory (i.e. Fighter, Bomber, Attack, etc) it's rather hard.... but, I'd go with: C-47 P-51 B-17 B-29 It seems like we did this before.... Charles
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03-21-2008, 05:35 PM
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| Same as Charles.... C-47 P-51 B-17 B-29 Actually there's not a lot of room for disagreement, is there? TO
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03-21-2008, 05:38 PM
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 | Bf-109 B-17 P-51 Lancaster Its like FLYBOYJ said tough to pick 4 |
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03-21-2008, 06:24 PM
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| Um.. I was kinda looking for Allied aircraft but if you want to open it to Axis, thats cool. I think you guys are all forgetting about the Il-2. I think this was the most critical aircraft that aided the Russians, and therefore helped take Berlin. |
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03-21-2008, 07:17 PM
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| The Russians would have taken Berlin and defeated the Germans with or without the Il-2.
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03-21-2008, 07:21 PM
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03-21-2008, 07:29 PM
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03-21-2008, 07:55 PM
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| Lots of room for disagreement the B17 while an extremely tough was no better then the Halifax maybe less then equal , the B17 carried a tiny bombload and was no more accurate even with the advantage of daylight. the 4 I'd opt for would be The Dak or C47 Spitfire the aircraft that escorted the 17 while the 8th was learning their trade Catalina or Canso or PBY Mosquito |
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03-21-2008, 08:35 PM
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| PB, do you really think the Mosquito was more important than the B-29? And, yes, the Spitfire was escorting the B-17's across, but not too deep due to it's limited range. Giving that, there were several planes that could have done escort duty for only a few hundred miles. But there were only 2 or 3 that could have done what the P-51 did as far as being an escort. The P-51, the P-38, and the P-47. But the British didn't like the P-38 because the Lightning I didn't have superchargers and I believe the P-47 came along after the P-51.
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03-21-2008, 08:43 PM
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| all go along with thors pick, and i dont think there is much room for disagreement , only on a personal referance,its hard too let your favs not too be in the pick, i love the p-40 but it aint no war winner is it !!!! |
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03-21-2008, 09:02 PM
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but I'd did see a lot of only US aircraft on that list and in defence of the Spit it functioned from day 1 til the end and performed every type of mission including one the 51 or 47 never did to any great degree that of a defensive fighter/interceptor As for the role played by the spits in the initial 8th airforce foray's or 1st year it has been overlooked totally Last edited by pbfoot; 03-21-2008 at 09:04 PM. | |
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03-21-2008, 10:12 PM
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| Can argue about a number of aircraft I guess, but if you don't have the B-29 on the list (or the C-47 for that matter), you're not paying attention. TO
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03-21-2008, 10:20 PM
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| So your saying I am not paying attention because I dont have those 2 planes? Well them I am not paying attention i guess...... |
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