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IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Famous title comes to consoles. |
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This is the reason we could never know for sure
we can only go from statistics |
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I thought it was the Japanese who called the P-38 "forked-tailed devil"... ?
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Also, between a Mosquito and Lightning? It depends once again on who got the jump first? The Mosquito could turn, and the Lightning more than none would have to use BnZ tactics against the Mosquito, unless it was at a higher altitude; where the possibility of a Lightning turning with a Mosquito would be possibly more equal. |
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I'd pick the Lightning every time. See the episode of Dogfights that features Robin Olds to see what it could do in straight dogfights. |
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Was the P-38 really used in the Pacific more extensively than the the ETO due to performance, or was it due to the USAAF's need for an aircraft with extreme range in the Pacific? Not having aircraft carriers, the P-38 is the only American aircraft, prior to the P-51D, that could get the job done in the Pacific for the USAAF. |
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What if a B-17 crossed paths with an He-111 and they wanted to kill each other?
It would be like a naval battle in the sky. All the guns firing to one side while they circle around each other. |
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That would actually be seriously cool to see..... what would be even cooler would be a squadron of both types of bomber, in a massive brawl. My money would have to be on the B17's though... all those .50 cal's would tear the Heinkel's to shreds |
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The Hornet V Lightning would be a much fairer comparison, and the Hornet would win by a large margin. Only problem is that the hornet was built in 1944 and WWII ended before the first planes could be delivered to the RAF.
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