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05-02-2005, 05:27 PM
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| Hypothetical -- You are the ruler of a third world country
You are the ruler of a land locked third world country in the modern world. For unknown reasons, you can only outfit your air force with prop driven aircraft that actually saw combat in WWII. (That means no matter how few aircraft were deployed, it actually engaged the enemy.)
Which top three aircraft would you choose in the following categories and why?:
Heavy Bomber
Light / Attack Bomber
Fighter-Bomber
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05-02-2005, 05:28 PM
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Country:  | Lanc, Mossie, Beau and Mustang (for it's range)
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05-02-2005, 05:41 PM
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Country: | Personally, I wouldn't waste money on combat aircraft if I was a Third World Country ruler. They can't feed themselves, let alone fight any kind of dedicated conflict.
If I had to choose though, it would be the Lancaster, Mosquito, P-47 and Spitfire.
Lancaster because it delivers a large load in one trip, much larger than any other bomber of the war besides the B-29. It also takes less crew.
Mosquito because it's fast and effective. Had the lowest sortie:loss ratio of the war, for bombers, (I think) and is cheap and easy to build.
P-47 because it's rugged and deadly. Can deliver a large payload and is cheaper than the P-38.
Spitfire because I don't care for range. Taking a purely defensive stance I'd rather have an interceptor. Plus, being the ruler, I'd want one for myself. 
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05-02-2005, 05:53 PM
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| Heavy Bomber - B-29 Superfortress (Because TLSLA)
Light Bomber / Attack - A-26 Invader (It had a payload of 6,000lbs and could muster 16 forward firing .50 cal.s)
Fighter Bomber - P-47N or F4U-4 (Clearly the best heavy fighters IMHO)
Dedicated Fighter - Not sure ... I'll get back to you.
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05-02-2005, 07:13 PM
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#5 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country:  | The Dominican Republic operated P-51s for years, sounds familiar.
I would go with F4Us, B-26s(Douglas), P-47s and B-17s. Although I think the B-29 would be better, because I am in a third world country, I think something like a 29' would be beyond the capacity of my pilots and maintainers.  
Has anyone ever read or subscribed to SAFO? 
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05-02-2005, 07:22 PM
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Country: | SAFO?
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05-02-2005, 07:35 PM
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#7 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Small Air Forces Observer. They specialize in publishing articles and photos of small and obscure air forces ex. Peruvian SU-22s, Angolan Mig-17s, Botswanian F-5s etc. They also have lots of WWII stories (Philippine P26s, Mexican P-47s, etc.) I think their subscription is $14.00 us a year.
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05-02-2005, 07:57 PM
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#8 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | I've seen it before, but never subscribed to it. I've looked through the odd one. | |
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05-02-2005, 07:59 PM
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| That's pretty steep. $14.00 a year for a third world air force observer?
Does it come with a basket of chickens?
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05-02-2005, 08:04 PM
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#10 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | I think that's 4 or 5 issues. They're usually about 25 pages per issue. Sometimes they have some good stuff if you're into seaplanes of the Estonian Air Force
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05-02-2005, 10:58 PM
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| B29 for range, bombload and protection
Mossie for range bombload and flexibility. (PR) that often forgotten role.
Mossie for flexibilty (I like 1000lb internal bomb load)
Meteor III as a fighter. Speed, armament 4 x 20 mkV in the nose and a decent range | |
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05-02-2005, 11:02 PM
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| Apologies, replace the Meteor with a TA152H | |
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05-03-2005, 03:19 PM
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Country:  | Heavy Bomber - B-29
Attack - A-26
Fighter-Bomber - Fw-190F-8
Fighter - P-38L 
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05-04-2005, 06:16 AM
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#14 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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Country:  | Bomber: Piaggio p-108
Attack: Henschel Hs 129
Fighter-Bomber, Fw 190 A8 0r F series
Interceptor, Ta152 / Reggiane Re 2005
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05-04-2005, 07:58 AM
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| Heavy Bomber: B-29
Light / Attack Bomber: Ju 388
Fighter-Bomber: P-47
Dedicated Air to Air Fighter: Spitfire XIV | |
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