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02-13-2004, 07:20 AM
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#16 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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Country:  | That's because the British Design's were Piston Engined type design's with Jets added on and with the American's copying the Brit Design's didn't really help 
But the American F-86 were based on a German Design, which of course helped to win the next War the U.S were involved in 
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02-17-2004, 04:33 PM
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#17 | | | Me262
I'd have to agree that the Me262 wouldn't have made enough difference to 'win the war for the Germans' in the end we weren't far off developing our own Jet fighters, the prototype Gloster Meteor first flew in 1941 and was operational in april 1945 - by Novemeber it had broken the airspeed record so obviously we would have been able to match the Germans for speed anyway.
I do agree that it may have prolonged the war by maybe a year or so but to say it would end the war in favour of the Germans is very silly indeed  | |
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02-17-2004, 06:04 PM
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#18 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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Country: | I agree. The German's had too many Fronts to cover....
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02-18-2004, 12:58 PM
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#19 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | you ever think how much time could have been saved by not going to war at all?
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02-18-2004, 04:02 PM
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#20 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | hehe  think what it might be like if we didnt go to war though, i mean this website wouldnt even exist 
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02-19-2004, 11:28 AM
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#22 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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02-19-2004, 05:14 PM
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#23 | | Senior Member
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| No it isn't - thats exactly what the Germans wanted, thats exactly why hitler wanted war mate - to created the ultimate, perfect human race. thats just basic history 
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02-20-2004, 03:17 AM
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#24 | | | me-262
the me-262 could have won the war for germany if it was operational
during the early years of the war it is the pioneer of modern jets | |
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02-20-2004, 12:57 PM
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#25 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | actually the E. 28/9 was the worlds first jet plane (don't quote me on that plane name, i can't be sure, it's something like that)
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02-22-2004, 12:30 PM
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| "the me-262 could have won the war for germany if it was operational
during the early years of the war it is the pioneer of modern jets "
How can anyone even THINK that one plane could change the way the war ended? come on! the Me 262 wasn't indestructable! it could be shot down and the allies had their own jets on the way, it wasn't like the Germans developed the only jet fighters for god sake! the Brits had the Meteor and the Yanks had the Aircomet....the argument just doesn't make sense! One plane type could defeat all the armies, navies and airforces of the Allies? 
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02-29-2004, 11:06 AM
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#27 | | Master of Ewes
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02-29-2004, 12:09 PM
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#28 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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Country:  | The aircomet was a joke!
Seriously, had the Germans built aircraft like the FW 189 and the Arado 240 and the Heinkel 280 in the early 1940's the latter half of the war would have been a very different kettle of fish in my opinion.
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02-29-2004, 07:22 PM
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#29 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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Originally Posted by kiwimac The aircomet was a joke!
Seriously, had the Germans built aircraft like the FW 189 and the Arado 240 and the Heinkel 280 in the early 1940's the latter half of the war would have been a very different kettle of fish in my opinion.
Kiwimac | The Fw 189 was a Twin Engined Recon Plane, M8  
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#30 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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