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10-20-2004, 01:08 PM
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#16 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | if you mean the komet then yes it was, and it sucked anyway.............
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10-20-2004, 02:24 PM
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#17 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | The Komet was an Me-163, not 193.
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10-20-2004, 02:58 PM
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#18 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass Quote: |
Originally Posted by cheddar cheese Quote: |
Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass i'm temped to go for the meteor because it's a great plane, but if i say it's the best i know i'll get proved wrong................ | Too damn right.
The Germans kinda got the whole jet thing sorted... | but after the war the meteor became one hell of a fighter, the first to break the 600mph in level flight mark and the backbone of the RAF's day and night fighting capibilities, you can't say it wasn't a good fighter, it just never really got a chance to prove itself in WWII.................
and the germans started their jet program earlier, we didn't really show much interest in the concept early in the war, it was only due to whittles tireless work that the meteor came into service when it did............... | I agree that the Meteor was formidable after the war, but that isnt during the war is it?
And who knows, the early versions of the Meteor might have been **** in combat. They probably wouldnt have been though.
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10-20-2004, 02:58 PM
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#19 | | Senior Member
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10-22-2004, 02:14 PM
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#20 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | what are you agreing to NH?? Quote: |
And who knows, the early versions of the Meteor might have been s**t in combat. They probably wouldnt have been though.
| but if it saw combat against the 262 you have to remember the 262 wasn't exactily the most manouverable plane was it?? and the meteor didn't have fuel and acceleration probelms on the same scale as the 262................
and if it's manouverable enough to take on a V-1 (which if your gonna tip with your wingtip needs a very agile plane) it can't have been that bad............... Quote: |
but that isnt during the war is it
| and it might have been, it never got a chance to prove itself in combat though so alas, we'll never know................
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10-22-2004, 02:16 PM
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#21 | | Senior Member
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| IT WASN'T ALLOWED TO PROVE ITSELF IN COMBAT!
It couldn't even fly over Germany until the war was over! | |
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10-22-2004, 02:21 PM
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#22 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | at the end of the war meteor F.IIIs were based in belgium and germany and carried out ground strafing missions, so it did overfly germany...........
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10-22-2004, 02:48 PM
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#23 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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10-23-2004, 12:51 AM
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#24 | | Senior Member
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| the ardo 234 was a jet ? | |
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10-23-2004, 10:24 AM
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#25 | | the old Sage
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Country: | yes the Ar 234 was a jet and one of the best a/c in the recon role
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10-23-2004, 11:10 AM
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#26 | | Senior Member
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| ok. thanks, i saw 2 modles 1 with jet engines and 1 with props. | |
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10-23-2004, 12:29 PM
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#27 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | props?? are you sure this was the blitz??
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10-23-2004, 01:17 PM
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#28 | | Senior Member
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| yeah i saw it on a search in google, cant remmber on what subject. | |
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10-23-2004, 02:40 PM
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#29 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | you sure it wasnt the Ar-232? 
It probably wasnt a 234, NH.
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10-23-2004, 05:00 PM
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#30 | | the old Sage
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Country: | yes the Ar 234 was a jet with two underslung engines. First as a recon and then to a bomber. Limited success but quick, very few were brought down by Allied air action.
my friend and ace of the US 352nd fg Don Bryan described to me in full details of his 4 Arado encounters and on one of these missions he brought down one just beyond the Remagen bridge which it bombed
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