• Why .50 cal machine guns in USA WW2 Fighters?

    From mmclaurin80@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 9 14:18:25 2017
    Go tell the Russians and the hundreds of Nazis they shot down that the P39 wasn't an effective fighter. Just because the US and UK didn't want to figure out how to make it work didn't mean it wasn't a good airplane.

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  • From Diogenes@21:1/5 to mmclaurin80@gmail.com on Mon Oct 9 22:45:35 2017
    On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 14:18:25 -0700 (PDT), mmclaurin80@gmail.com wrote:

    Go tell the Russians and the hundreds of Nazis they shot down that the P39 wasn't an effective fighter. Just because the US and UK didn't want to figure out how to make it work didn't mean it wasn't a good airplane.

    For a great book on the P39 Airacobra read "Nanette" by Edwards Park.
    Lt. Park flew the P39 in combat and named his plane Nanette. He swears
    that "she" had a personality and could be sweet, cooperative, nasty or
    bitchy depending upon her mood. By the time you finish the book he
    will have you convinced that Nanette was a living entitiy.

    ----
    Diogenes

    The wars are long, the peace is frail
    The madmen come again . . . .

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