 | Hardest plane to take down in WW2?| Aviation Discuss Hardest plane to take down in WW2? in the World War II - Aviation forums; Originally Posted by syscom3
Well I think the toughest airplanes were the B29 and B17.
Strongest fighter was the P47. ... |
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02-08-2006, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by syscom3 Well I think the toughest airplanes were the B29 and B17.
Strongest fighter was the P47. The Corsair, while probably just as strong, didnt go through the ringer like the P47's in the ETO/MTO did. | Agree....
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| http://www.p47pilots.com/cfm_Biograp...EW&storyid=434
CHARLES D. MOHRLE, born April 12, 1921 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, grew up in Galveston, Texas and attended the University of Texas. Following Pearl Harbor he enlisted as an Aviation Cadet and was commissioned with the class of 43.E at Moore Field, Mission, Texas.
First assigned to the fighter base at Sarasota, Florida flying P-40's and later transferred to the 405th Fighter Group, 510th Squadron at Walterboro, South Carolina. Initially equipped with P-39's, the unit got its P-47's two months before assignment to the 9th Air Force in England.
Based at Christchurch, he flew bomber escort, interdiction and dive bomb missions until Normandy D-Day. After the invasion, the 405th crossed the Channel to a strip near St. Mer Eglise on the Cherbourg Peninsula. Flying close support to the 3rd Army, the unit moved across France. In the course of his 97 missions, Charles destroyed numerous tanks and other motorized weaponry along with rail equipment, bridges, artillery, ammunition dumps and personnel. Near Manheim, Germany, his P-47 took 88mm direct hits in the left wing and engine. As might be expected of a Jug, the "Touch of Texas" kept flying despite the loss of three cylinders, a huge portion of wing and a hydraulic fluid fire. Without injury to its pilot, the Jug was landed on one wheel in a dirt field behind Allied lines. And on twelve other missions his P-47 absorbed direct hits from ground fire, plus a collection of small arms ammunition that was removed from the ship.
Returning to the States, he was assigned to the air-to-air gunnery school at Yuma, Arizona where he flew target fighters and checked out in several bombers. Flying an RP-63, he was shot down by 30 caliber fire from a B-17, landing dead-stick without injury or aircraft damage.
The 405th received a Presidential Unit Citation. Charles was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with 15 clusters.
Released from duty in 1945, as a captain, he entered the graphic arts field, eventually owning an advertising agency in Dallas, Tex- as. He married Dorothy Onley in 1948 and has one son, Charles Michael.
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02-09-2006, 07:14 AM
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| My four would be the B-17, which reported gave Saburo Sakai "fits", the crowd favs Corsair and 'Bolt, and the Il-2 which many of us seem to have forgotten about.
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02-09-2006, 01:32 PM
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| great story magister | |
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02-09-2006, 08:10 PM
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02-10-2006, 02:50 AM
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| What about the Hawker Hurricane that could take a lot of damage. | |
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02-10-2006, 02:58 AM
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Country: | The structure of the Hurricane certainly could take a lot of damage, but not it's engine. And the structure of the Hurricane, while strong, was not near the strength of the P-47 and F4U.
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02-10-2006, 04:00 AM
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| Yeah I know just thought I would mention it. Thinking about it the Hawker family was all pretty rugged. | |
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02-10-2006, 12:15 PM
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From IL-2 center, they have a lot more neat stuff there as well!
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02-10-2006, 12:16 PM
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02-10-2006, 12:19 PM
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Country: | Damage over a certain size had to be sewn or patched (I would guess 6") but small holes are easily repaired.
You also need some acetone!
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02-10-2006, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ Damage over a certain size had to be sewn or patched (I would guess 6") but small holes are easily repaired.
You also need some acetone! | and of course paint, we're british, to do anything whilst at war without everything being in prestine condition is seen to be treason of the highest order..........
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02-10-2006, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass and of course paint, we're british, to do anything whilst at war without everything being in prestine condition is seen to be treason of the highest order.......... | Yea, like leaving a Pristine Live Blockbuster as a gate guardian! 
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