To: Kevmo
By the time the mustang got to the south pacific the experienced zero pilots were gone.They were cleaned out by the navy pilots and P-40 pilots earlier in the war.The mustang pilots were not as inexperienced as one would think by that time in the war.There are more P-40 aces than there are are mustang aces a fact that is over looked by mustang fans.
48 posted on
06/02/2013 7:32:07 AM PDT by
HANG THE EXPENSE
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE
The F6F Hellcat annihilated the Zero. The P-40 contributed a little. 5160 air-to-air victories vs. 660.
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49 posted on
06/02/2013 7:56:19 AM PDT by
Flag_This
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE
They were cleaned out by the navy pilots and P-40 pilots earlier in the war.What a benevolent slight to the 120 Marine Corps aces and all the other Marine aviators with kills in the Pacific theater. Yeah it was all squids and army air corps pukes who won the war.
50 posted on
06/02/2013 8:07:15 AM PDT by
A.A. Cunningham
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