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11-27-2004, 12:48 PM
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| Best Aircraft in many different roles
The idea , E.g i think the 110 is the best aircraft in different roles because it was a good fighter/bomber and a good night fighter ect ect ...
you get the idea ?
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11-27-2004, 01:18 PM
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Country:  | Yeah, best multi-role plane was the Lockheed P-38 Lightning by far. The Ju-88 was the most widely used but not really very good at it.
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11-27-2004, 06:33 PM
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Country:  | Noooooooooooooooooooooooo, has to be a Mossie 
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11-27-2004, 08:45 PM
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| Mossie ranks right up there, so does P-47, fighter, bomber, and the old warhorse P-40 jack of all trades, but the Germans were the masters of multi-role aircraft. | |
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11-28-2004, 05:51 AM
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| I agree Pope , the Ju-88 had tons of roles like CC stated , though i wouldnt paticualy imagine it as a Night fighter 
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11-28-2004, 07:13 AM
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Country: | but it was used as a night fighter, best was the mossie though.............
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11-28-2004, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass but it was used as a night fighter, best was the mossie though............. | i know it was i was just saying i didnt thnk i Ju-88 was a good idea for nighgtfighter 
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11-28-2004, 07:27 AM
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#8 | | Master of Ewes
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11-28-2004, 07:29 AM
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| I dont no much about it , but i'd say it would be a tad to heavy
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11-28-2004, 07:30 AM
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#10 | | Master of Ewes
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11-28-2004, 10:41 AM
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Country:  | Anything I've seen said the Ju88 was a pretty good NF... Quote: |
The Ju 88 night-fighter was a refined and formidable aircraft, with a powerful armament, excellent agility and advanced electronic sensors. It is therefore appropriate that Ju 88 night-fighters destroyed more Allied night bombers in WW2 than all other fighters combined.
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11-28-2004, 10:42 AM
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#12 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | now that's interesting as the Bf-110 was the most widely used german Nf.................
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11-28-2004, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Yeomanz I dont no much about it , but i'd say it would be a tad to heavy | If anything the Mossie would have been too heavy; the P-38 was best because it could carry a similar payload, only slightly less range, a MUCH better fighter, extremely accurate at ground attack, potentially superb NF (If it had seem more service) Excellent at recce, and it was extremely tough. It was also known that Dick Bong could get his P-38 to turn INSIDE Zero's, which says a lot about the manoeverability.
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11-28-2004, 10:56 AM
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Country: | how can you be sure the zero was turning it's tightest?? anything could outmanouver a zero at 250+mph................. Quote: |
it could carry a similar payload, only slightly less range
| it had a good range if it had no ordinance, the P-38L's range with 3,200lbs was 450 miles..................
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11-28-2004, 10:59 AM
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Country: | Yeah but thats on internal fuel, its nearer 900 with Droptanks.
Dick Bong encountered Zero's on many occasions, and on the accounts I read its been said that he could regularly turn inside them.
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