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#16 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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Country:  | Udet was such a fine pilot and a damn fine head of the Luftwaffe.
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#17 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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Country:  | He had a nice Left Arm as well 
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03-12-2004, 08:05 PM
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#18 | | Senior Member
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| Also there's F6F-6N Night fighter
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03-13-2004, 09:09 AM
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#19 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | the he-219 was pig ugly, no wonder they only flew it at night, the pilots wouldn't be seen dead flying it in the daytime, but i vote the mosquito.............
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03-13-2004, 12:23 PM
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#20 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Yes the Mossie was nice, I would like the Ju-88, but the P-61, Black Widdow, that was created for the night and the needs of the Pacific theature. Speed, Range, Power, it was just great!
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03-13-2004, 12:27 PM
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| I never learned too much about the P-61, did it perform much better than the dH.98? I know it was marginally better armed (the difference between four .303" and four .50" Brownings).
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03-13-2004, 02:00 PM
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#22 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | still think it was the mosquito................
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#23 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Huckebein- P-61 had 4 0.50 machine guns and 4 20mm cannons, fast, range and bomb load. Was created for night operations from the start and was just great!! I think that one must look at the theature of operations (TO) when you look at the two planes. They were not in the same, save for the beginning P-61As then they moved to the PTO.
That said, I still like the Black Widow. It might not have the looks of the moswuito, but who cares it is night!
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03-14-2004, 03:45 AM
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#24 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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03-14-2004, 12:01 PM
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#25 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | gotta be the mosquito
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03-21-2004, 06:12 AM
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#26 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | weve established you like the mosquito, lanc
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03-21-2004, 07:39 AM
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#27 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | dam right it's better than yours, i'll teach you, but i'll have to charge..........
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03-22-2004, 03:55 PM
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#28 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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| if i said "mine" was the lancaster then it would make you look pretty stupid [
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03-23-2004, 10:26 AM
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#29 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Well now we need a multiplayer fight sim to duel this out proper!
If only the P-61 could have come into production sooner. It couldhave been ready maybe a year sooner if not for engine issues! The "Black widow" was nice. A few great websites about the units, crews and planes!
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03-23-2004, 01:48 PM
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#30 | | Member
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| On the He 219, I have heard that the pilots thought it was over rated, and could't reach it's speeds acording to the Operating handbook. It probibly would have been better if it had been fully developed, but it was cut off too early. And there are still 4x 30mm cannons and 2x 20mm cannons. | |
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