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02-29-2004, 02:15 PM
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| In 1944 the army began gunnery trials in Nevada with the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, a combat aircraft that promised to revolutionize warfare.
The P-80 was the first fully operational jet in the U.S.--an innovation already familiar to German and British scientists.
The U.S. rushed four P-80s to Europe, two each to England and Italy.
They were hours from entering combat when World War II ended.
That's the story, so GregP you were partially correct in saying that they were deployed to Italy. | 
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02-29-2004, 07:49 PM
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#33 | | Master of Ewes
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03-02-2004, 12:49 PM
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03-02-2004, 01:50 PM
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#35 | | Master of Ewes
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03-02-2004, 09:10 PM
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| no actually thats the truth i copied that directly by hand no copy and paste because its from a book and i have no scanner | |
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03-03-2004, 12:56 PM
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03-03-2004, 02:13 PM
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#38 | | Master of Ewes
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03-03-2004, 04:12 PM
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| Surprising that the 'Shooting star' isn't widely publicised...i've seen a few books on the subject of Jets during and after WW2 and i must say i've never heard of the P-80 before (not saying i don't beleive you)
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03-03-2004, 04:17 PM
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| There were quite a few planes that missed the war by a few days - the Japanese heavy interceptor fighter 'Magnificent Lightning' missed the war by 12 days exactly....now thats frightening
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03-03-2004, 04:39 PM
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#41 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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03-04-2004, 11:59 AM
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the junkers ju-287, a heavy jet bomber  has to be the weirdest plane ive ever seen
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03-06-2004, 05:23 AM
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#43 | | Master of Ewes
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03-06-2004, 12:12 PM
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| yes what with it being an FSW (forward swept wing) plane and all.... | |
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