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From: "Branek"
Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: Luftwaffe copies of Japanese planes
From: "Branek"
Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: Luftwaffe copies of Japanese planes
"Tero P. Mustalahti"
news:fqgmr9$18m$1@bowmore.utu.fi...
> Branek wrote:
>
>> If you can't get away from intercepting fighters your superior range
>> becomes meaningless. No operational Dinah could exceed 400MPH
>> and it's service ceiling wasn't rarefied. Mosquitos could've easily
>> intercepted Dinahs and dispatched them.
>
> Fighter-bomber Mosquitos? Nope. Some late night fighters variants
> possibly. You have to realize that successful interception usually
> requires noticeably higher speeds than than the target is capable of.
>
>
> Tero P. Mustalahti
>
Yeah, I'd like to see a Dinah try a recce op over Britain. It might
make it over GB, but it would never get home -- not at that speed
and ceiling.
