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The 8th air force and supporting fighters altered the nature of the air war over Europe, if they had wanted a long range fighter in 1943 then they could have used a modified Spitfire
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The 8th air force and supporting fighters altered the nature of the air war over Europe, if they had wanted a long range fighter in 1943 then they could have used a modified Spitfire
The best fighter of WW2 was not any mark of Spitfire, nor the Mustang, nor the Airacobra.
It was this.
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Having sat in the Merlin-engined Spanish version and the DB605 survivor, I wouldn't choose it for any Air Force even if you bribed me with a thousand bars of Nazi gold
convincingly them to change their mind will be harder than tearing a starving Grizzly bear away from a freshly quartered deer.
Update this baby to '43 technology and you're all set:
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I think at that point it would be classified as a pilot-guided explosive missile and not as a fighter.Can we put a Lycoming XR-7755 in it?
Not in 1943![]()
So basically the Sea Fury?
Why not the MkVI was basically a MkV with a more powerful version of the Sabre. If you want a plane that flew in 1943 then the Tempest MkV with annular radiator and 2,350hp Sabre VI capable of 450mph at 19,000ft.
That's easy just skip to a P-47N in 1943!What about a P47 of some type?
Nobody has mentioned the F6F Hellcat. Have Grumman create the F8F Bearcat right out of the box (put a bubble canopy on it) Or can we create a P-47/Hellcat hybrid (A Hellcat with eight fifties?)
That is until the US Navy figures out how to land a Corsair on the deck of it's aircraft carriers.67 mph slower than a Spitfire 14it's the best naval fighter in 1943 though
Update this baby to '43 technology and you're all set:
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That is until the US Navy figures out how to land a Corsair on the deck of it's aircraft carriers.
Yeah I know the FAA did it. US Navy aviation owes the Brits a case of whiskey for that!Ahem...bit awkward but it was another Navy that figured it out by March 1943![]()
ANBO-IV, the best of the lot fighter in 1933.Pride of the Imperial Lithuanian Air Service, everyone.
In all seriousness, what is it?