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01-08-2006, 03:32 PM
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#31 | | Minister of Whoopass
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01-25-2006, 02:14 PM
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| About the incident over the Ruskie convoy, from what I understand the USAAF P-38 pilots man handled the Red AF pilots with some ease. Training or better planes? I used to know what planes the Russians flew, I think they were Yaks.
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01-25-2006, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by CurzonDax About the incident over the Ruskie convoy, from what I understand the USAAF P-38 pilots man handled the Red AF pilots with some ease. Training or better planes? I used to know what planes the Russians flew, I think they were Yaks.
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01-25-2006, 03:53 PM
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| I is blind. Thanx.
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01-26-2006, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by CurzonDax About the incident over the Ruskie convoy, from what I understand the USAAF P-38 pilots man handled the Red AF pilots with some ease. Training or better planes? I used to know what planes the Russians flew, I think they were Yaks.
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01-26-2006, 08:29 AM
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| Better aircraft and better training in my opinion. The Russian Airforce was strapped for experienced pilots after years of getting manhandled by Erich Hartmann! [/quote]
Now there is a movie I'll go see!!!!
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01-28-2006, 08:15 AM
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Country: | Its not a movie, but fact. The Luftwaffe manhandled the Soviet Airforces for most of the war.
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01-29-2006, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Medvedya A bit of advice - scenes from historical films can not be passed off as historical fact! Even if they do have Rachel Weise in then. | LOL  I Like the way you put that. | You mean that Capra and Ford were stretching the truth? I am crushed! 
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01-29-2006, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet Its not a movie, but fact. The Luftwaffe manhandled the Soviet Airforces for most of the war. | What I mean is that I would go see a Hartmann bio-pic. All those missions, the gulag, and so on and so forth! I would go see it. Who would play him though?
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02-04-2006, 07:48 AM
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02-06-2006, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by plan_D Why do you think it was a huge mistake? We let them waste a million or so lives trying to take it while we sat back. I think it was a great idea. | Yeah, and looked what happened after the war...
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02-06-2006, 05:59 PM
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02-09-2006, 10:51 AM
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02-09-2006, 08:21 PM
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02-09-2006, 08:43 PM
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