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[THeTA0123]

I see your La-5 and raise it with a La-7!



one of the few soviet fights where was equal to the Manouverbility of the ME-109 and the endurance of a FW-190. This plane scored good K/D ratios in 1944 and 1945. the 63rd Guard Fighter Aviation Corps shot down a confirmed 55 fighters for losing 8 planes themselves.

One of the few planes that shot down an ME262. Namely one piloted by Kurt Lange from 1./KG(J)54

[VonMudra]

I loved the La5 and 7 in IL-2.  Especially the La7 with 3 B-20 20mm...I called it "The Eviscerator"

[th_battleaxe]

Speaking of IL-2, what is the most common soviet late-war high altitude bomber according to you? Grew fond of the Ta-152 H1 (the long-nosed, long-winged butcher bird)

[SirGutz]

Nimrod

[THeTA0123]

Speaking of IL-2, what is the most common soviet late-war high altitude bomber according to you? Grew fond of the Ta-152 H1 (the long-nosed, long-winged butcher bird)

mostly Tupolev SB and TU-2

[VonMudra]

Speaking of IL-2, what is the most common soviet late-war high altitude bomber according to you? Grew fond of the Ta-152 H1 (the long-nosed, long-winged butcher bird)

mostly Tupolev SB and TU-2

Yeah, Tu-2 was getting quite common by war's end.

[Torenico]

Despite the total failure of the plane and the phasing out of all aircraft in service, during 1941 Breda and IMAM produced again the Breda 88, 19 by the first, 48 by the second, all delivered to Regia Aeronautica. None entered in service. The majority of this Breda 88, after the factory test, was transferred from the factory directly to scrapping for salvage of the strategic materials.

 The Breda 88 of this picture, the white band on the fuselage date the photo 1941, is very probably one of this aircraft. Few aircraft was modified on 1942 at Cascina Costa by Agusta with wing span lengthen of 2 meters and wing surface increased for reduce the wing loading, dive brakes, engine Fiat A74, only four MGs on the nose, but the performances remained poor. On 7 September 1943, eve of the Armistice of the Italy, three Breda 88 Modified are on Lonate Pozzolo airfield, Lombardy, with the 103rd Gruppo Tuffatori (103rd Dive Bombers Group).

This planes was seized by the Luftwaffe with German markings, tested by German pilots, but immediately phased out.

[th_battleaxe]

Speaking of IL-2, what is the most common soviet late-war high altitude bomber according to you? Grew fond of the Ta-152 H1 (the long-nosed, long-winged butcher bird)

mostly Tupolev SB and TU-2

Yeah, Tu-2 was getting quite common by war's end.

Thanks guys

Edit: I see your Lavochkins, and I raise with a Ta-152

[Paythoss]

I see your Ta.152 ...

P-51H ... checkmate ...

[IrishReloaded]

I see your P51 and raise with Me262

[Butcher]

... and now it´s checkmate. The best chance Mustangs had against those were while the Me 262s were landing on their airfields.

[th_battleaxe]

... and now it´s checkmate. The best chance Mustangs had against those were while the Me 262s were landing on their airfields.

yup, Biggles proves it

[Paythoss]

Maybe with P-51D/K  ... but against P-51 H ? Me 262 need more luck in air , if gonna be stupid to try dogfight with that very fast ( not only in diving ) and agile Pony 

[Butcher]

... and now it´s checkmate. The best chance Mustangs had against those were while the Me 262s were landing on their airfields.

yup, Biggles proves it

READ! Best chance... doesn´t mean they could be shot down in other situation for what reason ever, but it was a tactic to attack ME 262s when they landed. Why was that? Because the thing was HARDER to shoot down in air to air combat and that´s where they excelled - at least in shooting down B-17 formations as an interceptor. If you take the  joke "checkmate " literally I can´t help you...

[th_battleaxe]

was joking myself