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02-16-2007, 01:58 PM
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| Erich's homepage Hallo Erich, had a look on your hompage. Well done, very informative. I saw that you did some research regarding Hptm. Huy - so I post some pics of him, maybe you don't have them. Gruss Wespe |
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02-20-2007, 06:04 PM
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 | Wespe, perhaps I looked over this, but who was your uncle again? Kris
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03-11-2007, 01:25 PM
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| I'd nominate the He 219 Uhu.It has Lichenstien radar and a Schrage Musik cannon!Nice for blasting bombers undersides. 
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03-11-2007, 01:28 PM
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| And it was not the most successfull in "blasting bombers undersides".
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03-11-2007, 02:07 PM
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03-11-2007, 04:32 PM
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03-12-2007, 12:37 PM
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| Yes.... Talk to Erich about it. He is pretty much our Night Fighter expert.
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06-22-2007, 09:55 AM
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| u hear very little these days about allied night fighters (sadly) the bf-109 seemed to be the only one in documentrys and that. but i do belive that the p-38 was good along with the p-61 and mossie. i agree that the me-262 would have been sucessful in the night fighter role in the numbers. (i herd that the p-61 had severe flight issues and was reported falling out of the sky thats how it got the name "black widow". feel free to correct me as ive done little research) cheers |
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06-22-2007, 10:28 AM
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06-22-2007, 10:52 AM
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| The P-38M was never operational. P-61 got it's sobriquet from being painted in balck all over and was a very good plane (deadly to the enemy rather than to it's own crew). But IMO the best allied nightfighters were the Mosquito NF XXX and the Beaufighter MkVI.
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06-22-2007, 11:52 AM
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| chatting with several 425th nfs pilots it appeared to me that the P-61 was a bit bulky, the AI radar frequently was down, the fighter had enough power and manueverability to take out LW bombers but night fighters was another story as they frequently banked hard and were able to hit the deck. At least in the ETO the ID from the P-61 crews was not the bst either as there were at least 2 RAF a/c shot down by mistake. The He 219A was lets just say it was hopeless for all the effort put into it, even though the project was axed The Mossie XXX was the ultimate for the Allies The Bf 109G was the token a/c for earlier 1943 Wilde Sau missions, the Fw 190A to some extent but too heavy with it's arms package and vertical aerial arrays - Neptun. the P-38 used in the Pacific was the plain ol day fighter version for night missions. |
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06-22-2007, 12:00 PM
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06-23-2007, 06:07 AM
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06-23-2007, 07:15 AM
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06-23-2007, 07:05 PM
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In the end the "Black Widow" name of the P-61 wasn't given to it because operational issues.
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