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06-12-2004, 11:07 PM
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| P-38s initially were intially rushed to the west coast due to the fears of a Japanese invasion and were not deployed overseas initially.
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06-13-2004, 07:35 AM
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#77 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | exactily, so they didn't see any action during that period.............
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06-13-2004, 01:02 PM
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| Because they were considered too valuable to the defense of the American mainland. They were clearly the best fighter America had at the time and they were flying combat patrols during this time.
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06-13-2004, 01:47 PM
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#79 | | the old Sage
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Country:  | ah what happened to the Mossie vs the Uhu ? | |
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06-13-2004, 09:27 PM
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| Yeah, seems everytime 'Mosquito' is mentioned, LG & CC get an inferiority-complex and are compelled to start rabbiting-on about the bloody Lightning again...  | |
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06-13-2004, 09:35 PM
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| Yeah, seems everytime 'Mosquito' is mentioned, LG & CC get an inferiority-complex and are compelled to start rabbiting-on about the bloody Lightning again... | |
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06-13-2004, 11:25 PM
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| I was just answering the questions asked, seemed a polite thing to do. And no one was saying anything about the Mossie v. Uhu anyway.
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06-14-2004, 03:21 PM
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#83 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | topics never really stay on topic for many pages............
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06-14-2004, 09:43 PM
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| Yeah, I understand that Lanc, but there does seem to be this 'Mossie vs Lightning' thing, where on one hand 'Lightnings' were the best thing since sliced [cheddar] cheese, to 'some', and Mossies were some kinda 'airborne-wheelbarrow...'- While I've always said the Lightning was a superb aircraft, they didn't have SFA to do with ETO Nightfighting, and only just scraped into the Pacific scene as a Nightfighter...This NF Topic was an integral part of the Battle for Europe, between what was hailed as the best of what the Germans had to combat the 'Mossie Menace', and this remarkable 'Wooden' Aircraft that played a huge part , defensively and offensively, against a numerically superior enemy [at the time]...I for one, are greatly interested in discussion about it, because it wasn't JUST the aircraft, but the crews, the electronics, the whole Battle's strategy & tactics, that make it a Topic worthy of relative discussion... | |
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06-14-2004, 10:16 PM
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#85 | | the old Sage
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Country: | here here ! and lanc you should be interested in the RAF that defended the Lanc bomber streams as well as the enemy who tried to knock it out of the skies over the Reich. Again a very little known aspect of the war with few books written about the subject compared to the Daylight energies by the US 8th air force both bomber and fighter........
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06-14-2004, 11:19 PM
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| I will agree with that. The technological side of the war after dark is absolutely fascinating.
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06-15-2004, 12:29 PM
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#87 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i know about the electronic warfare used by the brittish bombers (suprise suprise) throught reading about it, and i never said i wasn't interested, just that, through no fault of my own, topics don't stay on topic for long.................
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06-15-2004, 12:51 PM
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#88 | | the old Sage
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Country: | good for you Lanc but my young friend you make the choice whether you stay on topic or not as well as brad and CC. if it is all going to be fun and games here then start up a seperate thread instead of ranting off the topic header. That is only showing courtesty to everyone here including yourself. Since I did start this particular thread I would like if possible to stay on task.................please !
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06-15-2004, 12:54 PM
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#89 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | ok, my personall preaferance would be the mossie, proberly jst for the whole idea, it was an amazing aircraft by any standards, but even moreso as it was wooden..............
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06-15-2004, 05:56 PM
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| If the He 219 could have gotten its engine problems worked out it might well have proven to have been more than a match for the Mossie. As it is, the Mossie's Merlins provided the British plane with eye-watering performance and power to spare. That was probably the Mossie's biggest edge.
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