|
| |||||||
| OFF-Topic / Misc. A place to go to discuss things totally unrelated to this site |
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
10-08-2009, 09:28 AM
| #1 |
| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 3
| POLL: What is the most important US-made aircraft in RAF history? What is the most important US-made aircraft in RAF history? The RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF's leading welfare charity, is running a poll to find the greatest US-made aircraft in RAF history. At the moment the Phantom and Hercules are pulling ahead of aircraft like the Liberator and Catalina. The poll is only going to be up for another week, so if you would like to vote, visit: 90 faces of the RAF Benevolent Fund The poll is featured on our new microsite which we created to celebrate our 90th anniversary - the site is called "90 Faces of the RAFBF" and features 90 stories about our beneficiaries, history, fundraisers and supporters. If you visit you can listen to Winston Churchill's famous 1951 radio appeal on behalf of the RAFBF, watch videos of beneficiaries and serving RAF personnel describe how we help and learn about the enormous support we enjoy among the RAF. |
|         |
|
10-09-2009, 12:22 AM
| #2 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada
Posts: 202
| why not p 40's? alot where used in africa werew they not? |
|
| |
|
10-09-2009, 03:34 AM
| #3 |
| Junior Member  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lincolnshire UK, Bomber County
Posts: 15
| F-4 Phantom.......workhorse of the cold war....can't think of any WW2 fighter or bomber aircraft that made a huge impact..... |
|
| |
|
10-09-2009, 07:03 AM
| #4 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
Posts: 5,585
| How about the Hudson for the first 2 years it was with the exception of then short supply Sunderland the best ASW aircraft the Brits had |
|
| |
|
10-09-2009, 08:30 AM
| #5 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas
Posts: 2,823
| I don't think he's gonna respond.....look at the vast majority of his post, its just advertisement.
__________________  Pillage, then burn. Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well on toast. |
|
| |
|
10-09-2009, 08:40 PM
| #6 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 3,722
  | Yea, it seems that most of the ones that had a major impact are missing.
__________________ "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it" "Those who dwell in the past, condemn the future"  |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 11:42 AM
| #7 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ankeny, Iowa
Posts: 1,411
| No P40? No Mustang? No B-17? Me thinks this poll is a joke!
__________________ Bryon O P-61 Black Widow-Mistress of the Night! "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government." "Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away." |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 12:51 PM
| #8 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 10,277
| Liberator for me. The winning of the battle of the Atlantic was the single most important strategic event for the allies. If the convoys didnt get through, no offensive actions.
__________________ "Pilot to copilot..... what are those mountain goats doing up here in the clouds?" |
|
| |
|
10-20-2009, 12:15 PM
| #9 |
| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 3
| Phantom leading the way Hi, Thanks for all your votes in our poll to find the most important US-made aircraft in RAF history. We have been a bit surprised at the lack of votes for the Liberator and Dakota, but the Phantom does seem to enjoy some serious support! At the moment the Hercules is trailing the Phantom by about 60 votes. We have extended the deadline so please do vote if you think a Phantom victory would be unjust! Just click on the link below and make your choice. 90 faces of the RAF Benevolent Fund |
|
| |
|
10-20-2009, 01:04 PM
| #10 | |
| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
Posts: 33,152
| Quote:
Can you honestly say that the B-17 and Mustang were the most important US built aircraft for the RAF? That they contributed more than any other US built aircraft for the RAF? If I recall the B-17 was no longer used as a bomber by the RAF by 1942. They were all transferred to Coastal Command for patrol duties.
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] | |
|
| |
|
10-20-2009, 03:49 PM
| #11 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ankeny, Iowa
Posts: 1,411
| I see what you are saying Chris. I'll have to re evaluate my thinking.
__________________ Bryon O P-61 Black Widow-Mistress of the Night! "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government." "Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away." |
|
| |
|
10-20-2009, 04:27 PM
| #12 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
Posts: 5,585
| Quote:
| |
|
| |
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Linear Mode
