soc.history.war.world-war-ii

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
news:fpv1g9$9p8$2@theodyn.ncf.ca...
> Prewar designs used throughout WW2 include the Spitfire and BF 109,
> Wellington and Ju 88, Dakota and B-17 . . . and on and on. Models
> new in the 1940s included the Mustang and Thunderbolt, Mosquito, B-29,
> FW 190, Lancaster, and so on. In other words, if we want to draw
> any line between prewar and wartime models, dates alone seem
> not to make the sort of distinction we want -- so we have to make
> it a bit clearer just what the distinction is.
>

The later B-17's were so much better than the pre-war versions you
might as well say they were a different plane altogether. Ditto for
the Mustang which only *really* became viable w/the Merlin engine (which
I'm certain wasn't just a bolt-in replacement for the Allison).

> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>