Battlestations TV show (not game) featuring P-51

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Originally Posted by kozzm0

but p-51 was designed and served as an escort and multirole plane, not just air superiority. It also had a big advantage in numbers by the time it was used, not many chances for a fw-190 to pin one down into a turning fight long enough to get a kill.

I think the fw-190 is underrepresented also... I'm starting to fly it more cause I like the cannons, but it elevates terribly in il-2. Rolls great though. Perfect for dodging around bombers with.

<> I've seen a few episodes of Dogfight, and it gave the impression that all dogfights are won by American planes, unless they don't involve American planes, in which case they're won by American allies. They even made the f4f wildcat look like it compared to the Zero, by showing Pug Southerland's rare almost-win vs Saburo Sakai.

I'm pretty sure that wasn't in Dogfights..... Are you thinking of the PBS program, Secrets of the Dead? They covered that dogfight. I think that show where the Air Force major flies around in the Texan and talks about historic dogfights also covered it, but Dogfights didn't, I'm all but certain.