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04-20-2004, 06:15 AM
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Country:  | The Marines and Commandos are a lot older (Yes I know the Marines are the Commandos but they weren't always) just the SAS was formed in 1942.
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04-20-2004, 07:10 AM
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damn you cc! i was gonna say that (or something along the lines of it) when i was done reading the page!!!
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04-21-2004, 01:48 PM
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Country:  | I know we have talked about this in another topic, but in regards to this bit of what side to fly on I ask: if you were shot down in the airspace of the oposite side who would that be?
For me it would have to be the anything other then an USAAF airman in the pacific. After the Dolittle raid the Japs were not that happy, and latter after the B-29s started bombing Japan things just got worse. But the Japs treatment of POWs was just plain bad. 
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04-22-2004, 07:12 PM
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| I'd fly for the allies because they have a great selection of good aircraft. Most of the aircraft in that category that I would like to fly depends on the country. For example:
US:
F4U Corsair
P-38 Lightning
P-51 Mustang
F4F Wildcat
P-47 Thunderbolt
Britain:
Spitfire
Hurricane
Typhoon
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04-23-2004, 03:36 AM
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Country: | And you missed the Mosquito off the British list because?
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04-24-2004, 07:53 AM
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#81 | | Master of Ewes
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04-24-2004, 12:49 PM
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Country: | WElcome to this little world of ours TimT1 
As a word to you we all have at least one aircraft that we are very passionate for, infact you left mine off you little short list, B-24! 
But that is fine, most people do, but the B-17 was off as well so that is just great! So you are a fighter lover, and a Pacific Theature at that? I hope so maybe we can talk some. 
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04-24-2004, 01:04 PM
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#83 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | that's a really bad chat up line.................
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04-24-2004, 01:59 PM
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04-24-2004, 10:30 PM
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| Politics aside, I'd choose to fly allied aircraft. I'll admit to wanting to fly different planes in different times and or theaters of the war. Not to mention different missions.
I'd love to fly a Hurricane or Spitfire durring the Battle of Britan. I can think of no finer point defense fighter than a SpitfireXII. For long range fighter escort , in europe, I'd take the P-47D or P-51D, in the pacific I' choose the P-38J or the P-47D. For operating off a carrier I'll go with the F6F-2 Hellcat, or maybe the F8F-1 Bearcat. Althought the Bearcat really never saw any combat in WWII.
There is ofcourse the Mosquito. In my oppinion the finest multi-role twin-engined aircraft of the war. The only thing to come close to the Mossie would be the Douglas A-26 Invader but again the A-26 barely saw service in the war.
Bomber wise I'll go for the ultimate. The B-29. But for europe I'll take the B-26 for a medium bomber and the B-24 for the heavy. Of the British offerings I've always liked the Shorts Stirling and the Halifax.
Of the palnes that the Soviet Union had to offer I'd go with IL-2 Stormovik for first choice with either the the Lagg-3 or the Pe-2 coming in as next choices.
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04-25-2004, 06:02 AM
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Country: | A good choice a planes there, with the Soviets, Pe-2, Li-2 (Gunship), Il-2, Pe-8 and Yak-9U for me.
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04-26-2004, 06:55 AM
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| Deffinitely for the Allies - on a P-47
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04-26-2004, 04:08 PM
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Country: | GLS, great pic for the bombers well the B-24 and Halifax!! I have never been able to warm up to the Short Stirling. But I am a fan of the B-24 and that is a small list. What makes you like it? The range, bombload, or the flexible airfram! It is sort of like the Halifax but longer range, payload and better guns!!
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04-27-2004, 02:12 PM
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#89 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | GLS, i think you managed to metion every plane but the greatest of the war, the lancaster, how was the stir;ling better than the lancaster?
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04-28-2004, 11:57 AM
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Country: | he didnt say it was better, he said he liked it
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