Barks wrote:
>
> >Yes Chris, Much of the added range on the P51 did come from drop
> >tanks. And a lot more (%) pilots walked away from a crashed P51 than
> >they did from a crashed P38. My dad says that they were worse than the
> >Me109 to handle at times, you had to constantly fight with them to keep
> >them in harness.
> >Rand E.
> >
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Yes, I had heard that the Lightning was a handful. Emil Pozar's post
> about them was interesting but I thought that the pilots would have
> wanted to hang onto the Mustangs, British or not.
Two top American aces flew Lightnings..
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Regards,
Emil Pozar
epozar@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.geocities.com/photoemil
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