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05-27-2004, 01:30 PM
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#1 | | the old Sage
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not so much a poll but what are you guyz thoughts on Allied or Luftwaffe recon a/c ? which ones are the best and why........... ?
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05-27-2004, 02:10 PM
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#2 | | the old Sage
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05-27-2004, 02:22 PM
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You mean like all the recon aircraft, I'm struggling to remember the best of them. The Liberator did well over the Atlantic, and I suppose the Fw-200 did.
The Fw-189 was a good recon plane, wasn't it? I don't know.
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05-27-2004, 02:27 PM
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| The Fw-200 was probably the best the Luftwaffe had, provided it stayed out of combat. Despite the number of guns it carried it wasn't really tough enough to stay in battle. The Liberator was very important and so was the Hudson.
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05-27-2004, 02:30 PM
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#5 | | the old Sage
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Country: | why guys / what are your reasons if I may ask..... ? I've got a particualr one in mind for the Luftwaffe that I will share in awhile.
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05-27-2004, 02:32 PM
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| The main thing for the Fw-200 was it's range. It wasn't good for combat or bombing really, but for a long range patrol plane directing other aircraft or U-Boats it was very effective.
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05-27-2004, 02:48 PM
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Country: | The range would be my reason too. As an Allied recon you want to be spotting the enemy subs, and over the Atlantic that's a long distance, range would be the main thing.
I mentioned the Fw-189 as a general recon plane because of its range, and durablity which I've read was very good.
I like the PR. XI as a recon plane too, but we'll leave that out for the Atlantic boys. 
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05-27-2004, 02:51 PM
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05-27-2004, 02:54 PM
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#9 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i think the B-24 was the decisive aircraft in the battle of the atlantic...........
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05-27-2004, 02:56 PM
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| the Lib definitely played it's part. But I don't think the Hudson should be looked over to quickly. It had an excellent combination of range, performance, and payload and was relatively cheap to produce.
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05-27-2004, 03:19 PM
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#11 | | the old Sage
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Country: | thoughts on the Ar 196 floatplane ? yes a seaborne a/c but recon | |
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05-27-2004, 03:21 PM
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| There were that many of them were there? The Germans really only had a handful of ships to serve in the Atlantic (Bismarck class, Scharnhorst class, Lutzow class, and Admiral Hipper class) and none of these really had much success against shipping.
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05-27-2004, 03:27 PM
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#13 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | it was the U-Boats that did all the damage, the germans didn't want to loose their capital ships so they weren't deployed much......................
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05-27-2004, 03:29 PM
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| And it was the Fw-200 guiding those U-Boats, not Ar 196s.
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05-27-2004, 03:33 PM
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Country: | The Germans weren't really that bothered about sending their surface vessels into combat as they had the repair stations in France. The Tirpitz would have been sent out also had the St. Nazaire dock not been blown up.
What about that thing that Kiwimac said with 18 hours maximum endurance. I can't remember what it was.
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