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05-20-2004, 05:40 AM
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#136 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | We already got through that the Me-262 'Swallow' was the best jet, well the majority said so. Nice contribution though, and welcome to the site. 
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05-20-2004, 11:46 AM
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#137 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | i preferred the ar-234 
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05-20-2004, 12:43 PM
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| Ar-234 had inferior performance (on more thrust), had 0 ability to defend itself, and wasn't even as effective a bomber as the 262.
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05-20-2004, 12:49 PM
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Country: | on paper it looks good though, 530mph, 1013miles range, payload just under 5000, 36,000ft ceiling
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05-20-2004, 12:53 PM
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| In real life it flopped. Too slow (with a bombload) to avoid Allied fighters, unable to defend itself with intercepted, unrealiable engines.
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05-20-2004, 12:54 PM
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Country: | oh dear  i still like it though
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05-20-2004, 02:45 PM
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#142 | | the old Sage
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Country:  | As a recon machine it was one of the best and that was it's primary intention..........as quoted by FAGr 5 pilots that lost their Ju 290A's and formed a very small staffel of Arado's in March-April of 45.
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05-20-2004, 03:19 PM
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Country: | of course! i forgot it was used for recon too
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05-20-2004, 03:34 PM
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#144 | | the old Sage
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Country: | a couple of missions in fact were flown over the Normandie beachhead.........  | |
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05-20-2004, 03:35 PM
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#145 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | it made a beter recon plane than a bomber............
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05-20-2004, 03:36 PM
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05-20-2004, 03:41 PM
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#147 | | the old Sage
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Country: | without a doubt Lanc and it also gave US P-51 pilots much frustration. Friend Don Bryan in a lengthy interview told me of just this type of frustration diving on three of the twin engine jobs in his P-51 on three seperate missions and only on another occassion did he get "his" jet. The Arado was flying ahead and below him and he dove on it as the jet was making a bomb run on the Remagen bridge, but the jet pilot made the error by going under the bridge and then climbing and turning hoping he could make the clouds, but Don cut him off turning some pretty incredible G's to close the gap and then he ripped the jets engine's to shreds while flying almost upside down. don is still living and quite a character of the 352nd fighter group, the blue-nosers of which I am a friend.............
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05-20-2004, 03:47 PM
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05-20-2004, 03:47 PM
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#149 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | so how do you know these people??
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05-20-2004, 03:53 PM
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#150 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | he helps collect information or books, am i right?
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