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04-11-2006, 08:58 AM
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04-11-2006, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Vassili Zaitzev I just read that website by FlyboyJ on the winter war, whoa, whole soviet infantry divisions wiped out. | Yep - the Finns were ferocius on the ground and in the air... Quote: |
Originally Posted by loomaluftwaffe quite an embarrasment to the Ruskies ain't it? | Actually fear - after WW2 they limited the Finnish military by treaty. Till today I believe the Russians have a great fear of fighting the Finns...
Although the Finns have always professed their neutrality, unlike other European neutrals (Switzerland, Sweden) these guys put their money where their mouths were!!!
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04-14-2006, 03:53 PM
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| A lot of Finnish soldiers were able to flee into Sweden for refuge from the Soviets. The Soviets stopped at the Swedish border. | |
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08-09-2006, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ Yep - the Finns were ferocius on the ground and in the air...
Actually fear - after WW2 they limited the Finnish military by treaty. Till today I believe the Russians have a great fear of fighting the Finns...
Although the Finns have always professed their neutrality, unlike other European neutrals (Switzerland, Sweden) these guys put their money where their mouths were!!! | I think almost 1 million Russians wounded, killed, or missing in action were all do to Finland. Those guys were tough!
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08-09-2006, 07:25 PM
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08-22-2006, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by mosquitoman That's why I think the Botha is the worst, it never even saw combat | Saro Lerwick was a bit of a pig too.
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08-23-2006, 03:32 PM
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Country: | a bad plane that doesn't enter service will always be better than a bad plane that does enter service, (save for the odd crash) a bad plane that doesn't enter service causes no deaths, a bad plane that does enter service (the battle for example) will cost you hundreds of good men.........
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08-23-2006, 08:57 PM
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Country: | The Battle wasn't a bad plane when it entered service. In fact, compared to the Audax and Hart that it was replacing it was quite revolutionary. But then the Blenheim that entered service at the same time with 2 Group was the fastest bomber in the world, and could out-run all RAF interceptors of the day. And this was proven in the Air Defence Great Britain exercises when 11 and 10 Group both could achieve minimal intercepts on 2 Group Blenheims.
I'm not saying the Battle was a good plane, but the situation it was thrown into with the Advanced Air Striking Force was always going to be costly. The Battle suffered heavy losses because of German efficiency in setting up effective AA batteries along the whole course of their advance in France. The Ju 87 in the exact same situation would have been slaughtered in equal measure.
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08-24-2006, 09:05 AM
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08-24-2006, 12:47 PM
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08-24-2006, 12:54 PM
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08-24-2006, 01:22 PM
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Country: | Nice clip, I tried to dive a Blenheim when I was in Malta however, it was a decompression dive and I haven't done enough to allow me to do it...
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10-26-2006, 06:18 PM
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| From what I've read of the Battle, it was a pretty good airplane, nice to fly with no bad habits. It just wasn't a very good warplane, by the time it had to prove itself.
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10-28-2006, 02:17 PM
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Country: | The worst plane of World War Two was undoubtedly French, the Breguet 270. Well, if it wasn't the worst, at least it looked convincingly bad.
Oh dear, I can't find a pic on the net. Have to scan one.
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10-28-2006, 02:39 PM
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Country: | Going back on the posts here, it's got to be the Ba.88. Any flyable aircraft that is purposely used as a target by it's operator has to be somewhat problematic!
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