

Maiden flight was in January






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RE: I call BS
By lwatcdr on 4/25/2011 2:32:53 PM , Rating: 2
Please invest in some history books.
1. There where no P51s at Midway.
2. The F4F actually did well in combat with the Zero and was the fighter in use at Midway.
3. The F6F, F4U, P38, and P47 could all out fly the Zero.
4. Even the P40 did okay in combat the the Zero.

The F4F was slower, couldn't out turn or out climb the Zero but it had better armement, could out dive it and could out maneuver it at high speeds. The Zero had very bad handing above 300 MPH so the US P40s used that to their advantage. Add in that the US planes could take a lot of punishment the US used better tactics to over come the Zeros strengths. The F4F managed to have something like a 7:1 kill ratio.
Those that do not learn history on condemned to make up. Oh and the Wildcat was so useful that it was kept in production until 1945.

RE: I call BS

