I think that the p-51 is the best 'cous it escorted the big bombers deep into enmy terortory.
Yeh! What the new guy said sounds goooooood.
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I think that the p-51 is the best 'cous it escorted the big bombers deep into enmy terortory.
LMFAO that would be funny as hell to alter his sig.
But please never lump Hussars in with all us other Canadians.
Hussars is Canadian yes......but he does not represent us all. Don't hold him against us.
Hilliary Clinton is American but I don't hold that against you.
Hussars, are u fu*kin retarded or just trying to play the meatball Canadian part???
4 times???
U voted for The Best Long Range Fighter of the 40's four times.... That has to be some sort of moronic record here at ww2aircraft.net....
I think we need to alter ur siggy to include the words "Pollster Meatball Extroidinaire"...
But the P-51D isn't 'the best' long range fighter. The P-51D was effective because there were huge numbers of it, take away that advantage and things would've looked very different. But what would 100 P-51's have done against 40 Ta-152's flying at 50,000 ft ?? The P-51's could do nothing..
Why would P-51D's tangle with them at 50,000'???? They wouldn't! Fighters/interceptors are defensive weapons and they wouldn't be setting the terms of the engagement.
Soren I cannot dispute the performance of the 152, but a range of 1000 miles? Hardly long range when compared to the P-51 or later model P-47s. Sure she could fly at 50,000 feet but what good will that do when it had the same range as later model Spitfires? 1000 miles is a fair range, hardly long range when compared to the P-51 or even the P-38.
mkloby,
If say 50 German bombers are coming in on the British coast at say 30 -35 kft, British radar detects this and the RAF scrambles its fighters - in this case 100 P-51's - The P-51's makes eye contact with the bombers, but wait something is covering the bombers up high, 40 or so enemy fighters - what to do ? The P-51's decide to attack the bombers before they reach further inland and reach their intended targets. 50 or so P-51's start a head on attack, while 50 or so others are ready incase the covering LW fighters decied to decide to attack. And sure enough 20 or so of the LW fighters start to dive at the engaging -51's, FAST !! So fast that without a chance the covering -51's can only watch as several of the engaged -51's are shot down. The covering -51's decide to concentrate on the LW fighters now and take pursuit, however the climb of the LW fighters after their attack is astonishing and the -51 can't keep up. And as if this isn't enough the remaining LW fighters dive at the now slowly moving -51's in the climb - Break! - more -51's are shot down and the LW fighters climb again at an amazing rate. What to do ? Stay and fight and risk nearly all -51's being shot down ? Or hit the deck and get the heck out of there ?!
See the problem ??
"probably" Sorry Soren - would of should of could of....On full tanks the Ta-152H-1 could probably fly as far as the P-51..