Re: Top Ten Fighters of All Time
- From: "kingfish@xxxxxxxxxxx" <kingfish@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 6 Jun 2006 06:19:32 -0700
Andrew Robert Breen wrote:
with the Beaufighter as a fall-back (four cannon, > six 0.303". Ouch).<<<
Sounds comparable to the F7F Tigercat, 4 20mm & 4 .50cal (a portable
aluminum shredder)
as witness the Bell Airacruiser, as well as the over-optimistic belief in the defensive armament of the early B17s.<<<
This was before the G model with chin turret I assume?
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