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05-14-2004, 03:17 PM
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Country:  | what about the lancaster (sorry cheap shot  it was one of the bad ones (sorry, even cheaper)) what about the wimpy 
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05-14-2004, 06:52 PM
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Country:  | No, the British didn't turn everything into Gold, but mostly they did. They had experience, intelligence and, dare I say, guts to test these things. Especially the aircraft coming over from America being prepared for combat tests.
The A-36 Apache, so I've heard, was combat tested by the RAF. Mostly we improved American planes, but that quite rightly doesn't take the credit away from the Americans, it just gives us more credit. 
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05-14-2004, 11:44 PM
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| The British, I think, were also motivated by a certain desparation. They were verly litterally fighting for their lives and that will motivate a people to try some unusual things.
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05-15-2004, 12:22 AM
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05-15-2004, 09:19 AM
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05-15-2004, 11:13 AM
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| I think America would have been able to manage. It would have taken longer. Japan still wouldn't have had any chance of out-producing us. Germany would have been more trouble. Maybe America would have deployed its planes and troops to bases in Russia?
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05-16-2004, 07:24 AM
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Country: | i think "the pond" might hae caused a few tiny problems though, don't you think....................
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05-16-2004, 01:25 PM
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05-16-2004, 01:31 PM
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Country: | interesting plan, but that would mean flying over russia, a bit of a no no................
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05-16-2004, 01:33 PM
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Country: | but they are your allies.... russians flying over america though would be a no-no if you see what i mean
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05-16-2004, 01:34 PM
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#131 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | hey, the russians were a strange bunch, they were even a bit aprehensive about letting us launch the first raid against the tirpitz from there.................
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05-16-2004, 01:38 PM
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05-16-2004, 01:40 PM
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05-16-2004, 01:42 PM
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05-16-2004, 01:47 PM
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