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03-09-2006, 10:59 AM
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#526 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | but the battle, when used in WWII, was a bad aircraft, it'd be amazing in WWI, but against it's contemparies it sucked, how good something is is judged by other planes of the day.....
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03-10-2006, 02:38 PM
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#527 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | The Ba.88 would be bad even in WW1. A plane that struggles to even take off is a bad airplane. 
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03-11-2006, 04:20 AM
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Country:  | the Bloch MB150 (or is it 151) sucked so much it wouldnt take off
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03-11-2006, 03:07 PM
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#529 | | Senior Member
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Country: | That was the prototype that failed to take off. It produced the MB.152 which was very heavily armed for 1940 !
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03-13-2006, 03:26 PM
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#530 | | Der Crewchief
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The He-177 was the worst aircraft of WW2.
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03-17-2006, 07:35 PM
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03-17-2006, 11:16 PM
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#532 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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Country:  | Nope, still the Brewster Buffalo for me. Not only a lousy fighter but ugly to boot.
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03-18-2006, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by loomaluftwaffe but it had great potential | Maybe but it was still crap.
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03-18-2006, 07:40 PM
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03-20-2006, 03:33 PM
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#535 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Yes it had potential but they went about building it the wrong way, and it never should have been attempted for dive bombing or tank busting duties.
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03-24-2006, 10:40 PM
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03-24-2006, 10:45 PM
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03-25-2006, 04:52 AM
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#538 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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THOSE facts I'd like to see. The Buffalo was obsolete by the start of WW2.
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03-25-2006, 07:30 AM
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Country: | In the hands of the Finns, the Buffalo (B-239) had the highest kill ratio of the war...496 planes shot down for 19 losses - a 26:1 kill ratio...
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03-25-2006, 07:56 AM
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#540 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese In the hands of the Finns, the Buffalo (B-239) had the highest kill ratio of the war...496 planes shot down for 19 lossed - a 26:1 kill ratio... | Yep, the ones flown by the US Marines were the heaviest of the bunch and had the worse climb performance, but basically it was the same aircraft operated by the Finns...
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