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Old 04-12-2011, 05:33 PM
Anvilfolk Anvilfolk is offline
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Originally Posted by bongodriver View Post
it didn't do so well in real life though, I think they withdrew it during the battle of britain and made it a night fighter because they lost so many.
Read that too. Can't remember exactly why. Bad turning ability? Maybe speed (although with two engines that sounds strange).

Then they used it for low-level bombing experimentally, and it worked wonders. I don't think the technique was widely adopted though, for some reason.
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