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03-27-2005, 05:03 PM
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| Hey Mosin do you know alot about airplanes? | 
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03-27-2005, 05:05 PM
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03-27-2005, 05:05 PM
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03-27-2005, 05:44 PM
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| It's hard, but he must be trying to say ''Mosquito''........ | |
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03-27-2005, 05:48 PM
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#80 | | He who does not skim
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03-27-2005, 06:45 PM
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#81 | | the old Sage
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Country:  | I think I get it...........P-61 is a dog and the Ju 88G-6 rules the skies ! | |
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03-27-2005, 08:02 PM
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| In reading about the Pacific conflict, it appears the US Navy first used a TBF Avenger, equipped with radar and in concert with a pair of F6F Hellcats, as a Nightfighter team in late 1943...unfortunately, although they clobbered a G4M 'Betty' during their first sortie, the rear gunner of the Avenger gave what he thought was another 'Betty' a squirt, and shot-down the US Navy's first fighter ace and holder of the Medal of Honour, Commander Butch O'Hare.....
Early in 1944, during 'Operation Flintlock', the Navy also used their first F4U-2 Corsair and F6F-3N Hellcat radar Nightfighters, so this seems to be when the US first really got into nightfighting...... | |
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03-27-2005, 08:10 PM
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#83 | | the old Sage
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Country: | Gem actually in 1943 in the Med the 12th AF nf units used borrowed Beus to hunt down what little German intruder-bomber traffic they could find. They were not very successful
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03-28-2005, 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Erich I think I get it...........P-61 is a dog and the Ju 88G-6 rules the skies ! | Hmm..
P-61B is 6 mph faster and has a 1600 foot higher service ceiling.
The P-61B's four forward firing Hispano's were equal to the Ju88G-6's four forward firing MG151/20's, having perhaps a little less HE kick but a lot more kinetic energy and twice the effective range.
The P-61B's four turret mounted .50's, which could fire across the entire upper hemisphere, were clearly superior to the two 60 degree upward firing 20mm's of the Ju88. 
The P-61B had superior radar (much longer effective range), and the pilot had night-vision binoculars tied in with the gunsight - a huge advantage. 
Just because the RAF never gave the P-61 a chance, prefering their own Mossie's for nightfigters, does not make the P-61 a dog. They never gave it a chance.
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03-28-2005, 06:10 AM
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#85 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | but at the same time we're not stupid, if we didn't want the P-61 it was for a very good reason.................
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03-28-2005, 06:12 AM
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#86 | | He who does not skim
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03-28-2005, 06:15 AM
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#87 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | are we to assume you're trying to include Canadains in there non??
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03-28-2005, 06:19 AM
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#88 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | It's a good idea, but we're not British.
And I'll rip the head off of anyone who claims otherwise! 
Sorry. A bit of my great-uncle coming out there. | |
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03-28-2005, 06:22 AM
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#89 | | Master of Ewes
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03-28-2005, 06:36 AM
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#90 | | He who does not skim
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