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01-29-2005, 01:13 PM
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 | Botha, so bad it never became operational. Bad flight performance, under-armed and underpowered
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01-29-2005, 01:28 PM
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 | Lets look at said culprits...  TBD Devastator  Me-163 Komet  Blackburn Botha  B-25 Roc  Fairey Battle |
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01-29-2005, 01:59 PM
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| 323 gigant maybe , slow , very big-easily shot down ) and too many guns and they didnt help it in anyway 
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01-29-2005, 03:41 PM
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| it could be in the running i suppose although it was designed for secong line duties and not for combat with the enemy, i think..............
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01-29-2005, 04:43 PM
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| Yeah, it wasnt perfect but it did the job ok. I think the planes mentioned were far worse... |
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01-29-2005, 04:53 PM
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| I think the 323 was an impressive aeronautical achievement for the simple fact that it flew.
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01-29-2005, 05:27 PM
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| Me too. In trials one dropped a 17 ton bomb, but the aircraft crashed due to structural failure caused by an allied strafing earlier in the week |
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01-30-2005, 01:15 AM
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 | i agree those pics are the worst planes of the war that botha looks like a accomplishment in reverse and the others are beond words |
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01-30-2005, 03:28 AM
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01-30-2005, 12:39 PM
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| well the 323 could carry up to 44,000lbs at a struggle i think, but i'm a bit sceptical of the 17ton bomb, was it really a bomb?? any onfo on the bomb??
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01-30-2005, 12:51 PM
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| Well 17 metric tons (which is what the site said) works out at about 39,000lbs I think...I have no info on the bomb im afraid. I read about it on www.warbirdsresourcegroup.com though... |
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01-30-2005, 12:58 PM
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| well that really is all it says, i'd rather have some more info on it............
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01-30-2005, 01:02 PM
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| Me too...but AFAIC its true until proven otherwise  |
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01-30-2005, 01:04 PM
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| Has to be the Battle, those things got murdered. |
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01-30-2005, 01:07 PM
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| Nah, has to be the Breda 88, not only did they get slaughterd but they were crap in their role and could barely fly. |
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