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12-20-2004, 05:30 PM
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#91 | | He who does not skim
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12-21-2004, 06:56 AM
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| I think you mean the highest CLAIMING fighter of the war. Everyone knows the deal with RAF claims.
"So I hopped over the 109s with ease, and shot down the whole foramtion of Heinkels! Must have been 100 of them! One pass of course, old boy."
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12-21-2004, 08:15 AM
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12-21-2004, 09:50 AM
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| The overwhelming firepower of the hurrican could scrap a hevly armed target with a reletive ease, But with added firepower theres and added recoil wich requires a sturdyer frame, Wich in turn is adding wight,
in the end it effects preformence.
The hurrican was never made to be a fighter it was a tankbuster so no wounder thet the hurrican was a siting duck for the 109.
The germen pilots feared the spitfire, You never heared "achtung hurrican" it was allways "Achtung! Spitfire", | |
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12-21-2004, 05:03 PM
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| You're kidding - right? If a country is designing tanks that can be destroyed with a wash of .303 then they need to redesign the thing - or stop making them out of wood.
You know the Hurricane was designed as the RAF's first monoplane fighter? Keyword: Fighter?
It's a shame Hurricane Mk.IIcs weren't around for BoB. I don't think too many Kraut bombers could hold up to 4 20mm.
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12-22-2004, 03:13 PM
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allways "Achtung! Spitfire",
| "Achtung! Spitfeur!" If you wanna be totally precise
It seems to me a lot of people need educating on the effectiveness of the Hurricane...
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12-22-2004, 03:22 PM
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Country:  | They do. The Hurricane shot down more German planes during BoB than the Spitfire. 32 Squadrons of Hurricane to 11 Squadrons of Spitfire. It was a fighter, and certainly not a sitting duck.
Still...I'd rather be in the Spitfire.
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12-22-2004, 04:12 PM
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12-23-2004, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by plan_D You can stick to the cows and save Britain, while I stick to the rats and save you then. | Heh... Nice saying !  | |
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12-23-2004, 12:10 AM
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12-23-2004, 04:04 AM
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Originally Posted by plan_D They do. The Hurricane shot down more German planes during BoB than the Spitfire. 32 Squadrons of Hurricane to 11 Squadrons of Spitfire. It was a fighter, and certainly not a sitting duck.
Still...I'd rather be in the Spitfire. | The claims by RAF fighter type in the BoB was as follows;
Hurricane 1,520
Spitfire 1,188
Blenheim 27
Defiant 22
Total 2,757
Actual Luftwaffe losses for all causes in the BOB 1,887
ps, To anyone who thinks Luftwaffe claims were more accurate.
The Luftwaffe fighter arm claimed 3058 aircraft kills in the BoB.
The total losses (to all causes, including accidents) of Fighter Command was 1023 during the BoB
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12-23-2004, 06:16 AM
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#104 | | He who does not skim
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