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Thread #108464 Message #2257848
Posted By: Richard Bridge
09-Feb-08 - 02:19 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Yak Fighter Plane (Russ)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Yak Fighter Plane (Russ)
Best plane of the war?
Several contenders
Spit (best of teh Brits, much as I love the Defiant) Focke Wolf (IMHO better than the Messerschmidt) Grumman Tiger (or maybe the Mustang) for the Yanks Zero That curious Japanese hybrid (what was its name?) - a radial engine grafted into a fuselage intended for an inline, looked very odd but turned on a sixpence, great dogfighter)
Then there are the twins -
Mosquito I think beats the Beaufort and Beaufighter I forget the name of the classic Yank twin Maybe the best was the Dutch push-pull Focker - turned equally well both ways which gave it a big advantage in combat.
Only one divebomber in it - the Stuka.
Best bomber I think I will go for the Lancaster over the Flying Fortress.