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11-08-2006, 11:57 AM
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#346 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Jug - a couple of hits in the right place will put anything out of commission! Get hit in the radiator - and you got trouble on any liquid cooled A/C.
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11-08-2006, 01:54 PM
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#347 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | hit a couple of bullets through the side of a P-47 will kill the pilot and down the whole aircraft, what's your point? yes liquid cooled engines are more easily damaged, but a couple of shots? really? the P-47 and no air cooled is invincible, many of them were lost so obviously they aren't, and stories of planes returning on a handful of cyclinders aren't commonplace they happened yes, but let's face it and damaged engine is gonna cause you problems and in a heavy single engined fighter you're just as likely to go down flying on a couple of cyclinders...........
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11-08-2006, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass  hit a couple of bullets through the side of a P-47 will kill the pilot and down the whole aircraft, what's your point? yes liquid cooled engines are more easily damaged, but a couple of shots? really? the P-47 and no air cooled is invincible, many of them were lost so obviously they aren't, and stories of planes returning on a handful of cyclinders aren't commonplace they happened yes, but let's face it and damaged engine is gonna cause you problems and in a heavy single engined fighter you're just as likely to go down flying on a couple of cyclinders........... | That's my poinit lanc! Taking rounds in the right place will down anything - not soley P-51s...
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11-08-2006, 06:53 PM
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#349 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | BUT, the P-51D WAS more susceptible to groundfire than the P-47D... Why???
The engine...
All this back and forth sh!t is drivin me crazy... Any plane can be shot down by the lucky magic penetrator, but the Mustang was easier to shoot down...
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11-08-2006, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus BUT, the P-51D WAS more susceptible to groundfire than the P-47D... Why???
The engine...
All this back and forth sh!t is drivin me crazy... Any plane can be shot down by the lucky magic penetrator, but the Mustang was easier to shoot down... | Agreed Les!
Have a thread called best WWII A/C and that's all you're going to get... everyone's opinion is prejudiced and nobody here has flown these damn things - if somoene has they certainly haven't flown all of them!... an aircraft's true essence cannot be boiled down to stats and numbers - any pilot will tell you that...
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11-09-2006, 08:56 AM
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#351 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | And that I agree with.
The only reason I go with the C-47 is for reasons stated, without it the ground guys would not have gotten supplies to win the war.
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11-09-2006, 09:36 AM
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Country: | Try reverse logic. The lack of what aircraft, had it not existed, would
have had the most impact on the execution of the war...Since the war in
Europe, at least, ultimately had to be won on the ground, then maybe
the C-47/Dakota isn't a bad candidate. Name all the other dedicated
cargo haulers (okay C-46; and the B-29 supplied Southeast Asia/China)...
So, could the ground war in Europe have been won without the C-47 for
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11-09-2006, 09:57 AM
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#353 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | well if there was no C-47 there would just be annother similar transport, but that's true of most aircraft, but we'll never know............
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11-09-2006, 11:15 AM
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#354 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | And since the C-47 existed, the C-47 gets my vote.
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12-07-2006, 06:02 PM
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Country: | Well if it Has to be British i would have to say the Wonder Full Mosqutio, Quick, Light weight, and had one hell off a punch in the nose.
For German it would Defenitly would have to be the Foker Wolf 190 A-8 fast and a brillent Aircraft agasint B-17s and P-51D's
And Sorry i can't think of any american aircraft | |
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12-08-2006, 09:10 AM
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#356 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | C-47 my friend. Supplied the troops on the ground to win the war.
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12-08-2006, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by [DH]Chris89 Well if it Has to be British i would have to say the Wonder Full Mosqutio, Quick, Light weight, and had one hell off a punch in the nose.
For German it would Defenitly would have to be the Foker Wolf 190 A-8 fast and a brillent Aircraft agasint B-17s and P-51D's
And Sorry i can't think of any american aircraft | You just said 2 - P51 and B17... Quote:
Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet C-47 my friend. Supplied the troops on the ground to win the war. | Agreed (and you know that most people here will agree too).
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12-08-2006, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by [DH]Chris89 And Sorry i can't think of any american aircraft | Because Americans produced 0 notable aircraft???
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12-09-2006, 01:33 AM
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Country:  | Well on the logistical side , C-47 was the definete winner. None of the other countries fighting the war produced such a versatile aircraft.
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12-09-2006, 02:02 PM
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#360 | | Master of Ewes
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Originally Posted by mkloby Because Americans produced 0 notable aircraft??? | got it in one my friend........
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