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Posted: 11/26/2023 2:15:54 AM EDT

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P47 Thunderbolt
8 .50 cal brownings
Bombs
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“You are free to romp and play”

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You Rascal!

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:19:49 AM EDT

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P38. And I know it didn't fly and fight during WWII, but it was developed during the war....the Hawker Sea Fury always did it for me. Fast and it held its own against Mig 15's and that's impressive.

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I consider myself knowledgeable, but that I'll have to look up.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:21:02 AM EDT

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Strangely enough, after I typed out the original post, I thought about the P-38. Another good choice in my book.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:21:51 AM EDT

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BF109 w/ 2x13mm and 1x30 cannon defending the fatherland with some boom and zoom. Done it a million times in many sims. Always a good time.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:24:25 AM EDT

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thunderbolt p-47 its absolutely beautiful

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I have to agree with your comment. Rugged and a classic.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:24:29 AM EDT

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After reading about Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers in China as a child, I would pick the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.

You would not last long.

Thanks, the P-40 pilots of the American Volunteer Group developed America's air combat skills.

Those pilots went on to develop American air combat doctrine.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:25:50 AM EDT

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P-51. It was the only fighter we had that could best the German jets.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-first-engagement-between-a-p-51-and-an-me-262-and-the-death-of-luftwaffe-ace-walter-nowotny/amp/

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:26:12 AM EDT

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Definitely P-47 with all its toys

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:33:54 AM EDT

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P-51. It was the only fighter we had that could best the German jets.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-first-engagement-between-a-p-51-and-an-me-262-and-the-death-of-luftwaffe-ace-walter-nowotny/amp/

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Yup. Nothing else fromWWII and earlier touches a D model Mustang for looks and performance.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:36:34 AM EDT

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TA-152

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:38:24 AM EDT

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Horten ho 229

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:38:34 AM EDT

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Mustang & Spitfire

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Spitfire.

Now there is another aircraft that I would like to fly.

I wonder how many pilots that flew those planes are still around?

By saying that, I am not bashing the brave pilots or the classic aircraft that they flew. Many years have gone by for all of the aircraft of the old days and I would love to hear of the stories of old. Maybe we can pass on their legacy to the future generation.

Many are gone. I don`t want them to be forgotten.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:38:54 AM EDT

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P-51. It was the only fighter we had that could best the German jets.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-first-engagement-between-a-p-51-and-an-me-262-and-the-death-of-luftwaffe-ace-walter-nowotny/amp/

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P-47M has entered the chat.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/air-force-p-47-thunderbolts-took-fight-hitler's-deadly-me-262-fighters-171340

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:41:33 AM EDT

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I would choose either a P51 Mustang or a P38 Lightning.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:41:54 AM EDT

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All of them for a few weeks each.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:42:56 AM EDT

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You're link sucks.

Which one shot down Yamamoto?

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:43:28 AM EDT

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European Theater: Spitfire, P51 or P38. FW190, 109B, and definitely a 262
Pacific Theater: F4U, P47 or P38. Zero after the war. Good fighter, but no armor

For shits and grins: B25, B17, and maybe a Heinkel HE-111

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I always had a warm spot in my heart for the B-17. I don`t know why. Brought a tear to my eye watching one take off and fly around an airfield in Florida years ago. Was amazed at how low the cabin interior was. I had to stoop to walk through it.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:44:18 AM EDT

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You're link sucks.

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You're link sucks.

Don't blame me, their website sucks.

ETA: P-38s got Yamamoto.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:47:40 AM EDT

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P-38. They were the shit.

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Twin engines, guns and if I remember correctly.......................maybe..................bombs?

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:48:24 AM EDT

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I always had a warm spot in my heart for the B-17. I don`t know why. Brought a tear to my eye watching one take off and fly around an airfield in Florida years ago. Was amazed at how low the cabin interior was. I had to stoop to walk through it.

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My first book report was about the B-17. The book was Black Thursday. It is very detailed, graphic and depressing. Look it up, I got it from the library and paid a late fee.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:52:39 AM EDT

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Don't blame me, their website sucks.

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It's cool buddy, and yeah they damn sure shredded the fucker. Probably dead for he hit the ground.

Posted: 11/26/2023 2:53:44 AM EDT

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For me,

A bent wing Corsair.

I would have 6 50 BMG`s at my disposal. I think that that would be fun to "Play" with.

A Hell Cat would be my second choice.

If I only had enough disposable cash to buy one of those air craft...........................................................

One can only dream.

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F8F bearcat, just made the end of the war but didnt see combat. Deployed Feb 1945.

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:03:05 AM EDT

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A man with discriminating taste.

This is my answer as well followed by a FW190-D9 as a close second.

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:05:57 AM EDT

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It's cool buddy, and yeah they damn sure shredded the fucker. Probably dead for he hit the ground.

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Don't blame me, their website sucks.

ETA: P-38s got Yamamato.

It's cool buddy, and yeah they damn sure shredded the fucker. Probably dead for he hit the ground.

If you Google "p47m me262," that article I linked should open correctly. Says they got seven German jets.

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:08:12 AM EDT

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All of them for a few weeks each.

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I`m right there with you!

Would buy everyone that made that possible a beer in the place too!

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:08:44 AM EDT

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Twin engines, guns and if I remember correctly.......................maybe..................bombs?

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They'd carry 250lbx2 bombs easily. Maybe more iirc. Seen gun cam footage of them wrecking the fuck out of trains. Just the guns though would have made my dick get hard.

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:11:36 AM EDT

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If you Google "p47m me262," that article I linked should open correctly. Says they got seven German jets.

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I like you. No homo. I appreciate you.

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:11:41 AM EDT

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Spitfire series IX and forward kicking nazi ass over the English channel.

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:12:26 AM EDT

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After reading about Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers in China as a child, I would pick the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.

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Same here

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Posted: 11/26/2023 3:14:25 AM EDT

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One thread I've really enjoyed in the last few years.

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:18:42 AM EDT

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P-38. They were the shit.

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Twin engines, guns and if I remember correctly.......................maybe..................bombs?

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Twin turbo supercharged engines.

Four .50s + 20mm autocannon

Bombs

Rockets

P-38s were extremely versatile aircraft.

The top US Air Force Ace (Bong) & #2 (McGuire) both flew P-38s in the Pacific.

Bigger_Hammer

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:19:38 AM EDT

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P-51. It was the only fighter we had that could best the German jets.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-first-engagement-between-a-p-51-and-an-me-262-and-the-death-of-luftwaffe-ace-walter-nowotny/amp/

P-47M has entered the chat.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/air-force-p-47-thunderbolts-took-fight-hitler's-deadly-me-262-fighters-171340

I happily stand corrected. Still going with the P51

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:39:07 AM EDT

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Just the guns though would have made my dick get hard.

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LOL!

I have been holding off of stories that I knew of that folks who flew fighters with 50 cals in their wings......................

when fired, the plane would start slowing down.

I don`t know if that is true or not but 50`s do recoil a lot.

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:47:25 AM EDT

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Same here
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That is one beautiful aircraft!

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:49:33 AM EDT

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My WWII pilot fantasies begin and end with the 262.

Posted: 11/26/2023 3:55:39 AM EDT

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F7F-3P Tigercat 'Here Kitty, Kitty!' flight 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm7dOl2-XMU

Posted: 11/26/2023 4:11:04 AM EDT

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Most effective and survivable. Unquestionably the Thunderbolt or Corsair.

For having a working vacation in the middle of a war. The PBY Catalina would be a blast.

For the most JFC shit just got real. Flying a B29 as we burn Tokyo to the ground. I saw a grainy short movie of a B29 cockpit from one of those raids showing the fires. It’s comparable to being there for the sack of Rome or when the great Khan burned Baghdad to the ground. Something that you look at and know that things will never be the same again.

Posted: 11/26/2023 4:59:05 AM EDT

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On Father's Day, in Olympia, WA, they have a great airshow. You can pay some $$$$ to go up in these aircraft. I would love to go up in a F-4U Corsair.

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Historic restored WW2 Corsair fighter debuts at the Olympic Air Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTRxY9vePtY

The Corsair they have is an FG-1.

Posted: 11/26/2023 5:38:10 AM EDT

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P47 Thunderbolt
8 .50 cal brownings
Bombs
Rockets
Extra gas tank

“You are free to romp and play”

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Turbo'd superchargers, fly high fly low wherever you fly you are going to seriously destroy some men and materiel.

Posted: 11/26/2023 6:55:40 AM EDT

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Y'up, Invader baby, love it.

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A-26

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Y'up, Invader baby, love it.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/123512/Douglas_A26_Invader-2362-1500608.jpg

They just finished Kermit’s A26 after a 30 year restoration. He’s posted a bunch of videos of them testing it out and relearning how to fly it. Pretty neat to see just about every aspect of it.

Posted: 11/26/2023 6:56:45 AM EDT

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LOL!

I have been holding off of stories that I knew of that folks who flew fighters with 50 cals in their wings......................

when fired, the plane would start slowing down.

I don`t know if that is true or not but 50`s do recoil a lot.

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Yeah, it's a known quantity. It'd slow some planes down by a good bit. Iirc the warthog will lose a good amount of forward speed when that 30mm spins up.

Posted: 11/26/2023 7:00:48 AM EDT

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Spitfire

Posted: 11/26/2023 7:17:19 AM EDT

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PTO: Hellcat
ETO: Hawker Tempest

Posted: 11/26/2023 8:33:22 AM EDT

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P-47, without question.

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This

Posted: 11/26/2023 8:37:13 AM EDT

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Arado AR-234 Blitz

Posted: 11/26/2023 8:38:36 AM EDT

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Jug

Posted: 11/26/2023 9:24:06 AM EDT

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P47 in Europe busting ground targets low and fast, treetop locomotive bustin'

F4U USMC with VMF214 not carrier based

P38 jumping Zeros and 109s

B25 USMC gunship Hitting Jap shipping and ground targets in the Pacific.