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To: robroys woman

AFAIK, nothing in WW2 could outturn a Japanese fighter.


45 posted on 06/15/2018 7:56:55 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: AppyPappy

There was a little Soviet plane called the I16 that would turn on a dime. I flew this one a lot for fun in one of the simulators. It was hard for other planes to hit me, but my ammo was so anemic I could run out of ammo trying to shoot another plane down.

But yeah, in the Pacific Theater, if you got into a turning competition with a good Japanese pilot, you were done.


54 posted on 06/15/2018 8:10:21 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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