 | Best Naval Fighter| Old Threads Discuss Best Naval Fighter in the Old Stuff forums; Originally Posted by lesofprimus
Does anyone have stats on which aircraft shot down more enemy planes, the Hellcat or the ... |
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10-16-2004, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus Does anyone have stats on which aircraft shot down more enemy planes, the Hellcat or the Corsair??? | Nope but im guessing th Hellcat. I could find out, but guessing is more fun 
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10-21-2004, 03:38 PM
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| The ekranoplan is nither ship no plane no ground transpot so what the hell is it ??? it can go over water. ice ,and level ground, a perfect soviet invetion, just like the RD-180, | |
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10-22-2004, 12:08 AM
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10-22-2004, 08:43 AM
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10-23-2004, 02:31 PM
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Country: | Nope. They just hover over the water like that at great speeds. This is going back years, but i remember an item about it on Top Gear: Waterworld several years ago.
They're kinda freaky if you ask me...
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10-24-2004, 07:37 AM
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10-27-2004, 01:07 PM
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| The Hellcat shot down considerably more aircraft than the Corsair. A margin of nearly 3 to 1 I believe.
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10-27-2004, 01:15 PM
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10-27-2004, 01:19 PM
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| Yes. There were more Hellcats and they were in the thick of it from the day they arrived. Corsairs were more often employed with the USMC where many more ground attack sorties were flown.
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10-27-2004, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass and the jap's carrier force was pretty much spent..................... | What do you mean by that? Because although not really a naval plane, the P-38 shot down more Jap planes than any other...
Question: Did the P-38 ever have experiments for use on carriers?
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10-27-2004, 06:14 PM
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Country:  | I don't know... But logically, I don't think they tried because the plane was pretty big for a fighter. They tried with the P-51 though, but due to the lack of visibility the pilots had, it was next to impossible to successfully land a P-51 on a carrier.
But I seriously doubt that they tried with P-38s. Even if the plane was able to land on a carrier, I think they would have preferred any smaller plane. | |
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10-27-2004, 06:23 PM
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Country: | I thought that as well. But I recall reading somewhere that they did try. I might have imagined it though
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