Joe Offer - Yeah, I'm also a pacifist who loves historical warplanes, and military history, and military strategy games, etc. I believe it's partly because I know quite a bit about warfare that I am a pacifist, in fact. (That and past lives...but I'll give you all a break and not explain that any further...).

When I was a kid I loved playing with toy guns, and yet I was an absolutely pacifistic kid as well...never inclined to violence.

The people who freak out if they see a toy gun or a book about warplanes are individuals suffering from an astounding lack of imagination. They've got the cover confused with the book, I suppose. I bet half of them are more violent by nature than you and me put together.

Spaw - My favourite fighter plane is either the Focke-Wulf 190 (in its many versions)...or the Japanese Nakajima Hayate (Frank). Both are as good as it gets.

My favourite medium bomber? That's tough. The Marauder or the Ju 88, I suppose.

Favourite dive bomber? Well, maybe the Judy (Japanese) or the Dauntless SBD or the Stuka, depending on the situation. The Stuka was the most accurate, the Judy was fast and manueverable, the Dauntless was all-round dependable and got the job done.

Favourite heavy? The B-17. The B-29 looks too modern for my taste, and the B-24 is interesting, but strange. Don't like the Lancaster much for some reason.

- LH

- LH