 | Sunderland Vs Catalina| Old Threads Discuss Sunderland Vs Catalina in the Old Stuff forums; well of orse they could survive the germans, they were amoung the best fighters of the war................. |
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05-30-2004, 11:00 AM
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#136 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | well of orse they could survive the germans, they were amoung the best fighters of the war..............
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05-30-2004, 11:45 AM
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05-30-2004, 01:43 PM
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#138 | | Master of Ewes
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05-30-2004, 08:23 PM
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Country: | Could we call it a dogfight? You'd expect exciting twists and turns, speed and high Gs in a dogfight. With them you'd have slow moving planes, with a 5 mile turning radius (  ). More like a tortoisefight.
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05-31-2004, 07:01 AM
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05-31-2004, 01:50 PM
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05-31-2004, 02:52 PM
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06-01-2004, 06:52 AM
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06-01-2004, 06:55 AM
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06-23-2004, 03:22 PM
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07-10-2004, 01:52 AM
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| Realizing it's not strictly on-topic, but I was just reading about the Kawanishi H8K, the candidate for best flying boat of the war. 5(!) 20-mm cannons + MGs, max speed 290MPH, max range 4460 miles. It's first mission was a (not very effective) bombing raid on Hawaii in March 1942, where the planes refuelled from a sub en route. I think it has both the Catalina and Sunderland well beat... | |
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07-10-2004, 12:29 PM
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| There is no doubt about that. The H8K Emily was easily the post impressive flying boat of the war having armament that even a Sunderland skipper would drool over, good speed for a flying boat, and the range needed to patrol long distances.
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07-10-2004, 03:14 PM
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#148 | | Master of Ewes
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07-10-2004, 03:40 PM
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| Wasn't built in the numbers and the Japanese weren't real clear on how to use it. If the Japanese had ever adopted a real convoy strategy, it would have been very effective and taken a toll on the US subs. But, regardless of how effective it was or wasn't, it's design was better than either.
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07-11-2004, 01:02 AM
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| There's a nicely preserved Emily in Tokyo at the Maritime Museum sitting on a pedastal, an impressively mammoth plane. Apparently, single plane missions could last as long as 24 hours.
Forgot to say, also, that my vote would have to go with the Catalina in the Cat vs Sunderland thing, purely on looks alone... | |
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