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From: Cubdriver
Date: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: Luftwaffe copies of Japanese planes
From: Cubdriver
Date: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: Luftwaffe copies of Japanese planes
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:16:52 -0400, "Geoffrey Sinclair"
>Ah yes, of course, the US mediums were relatively short ranged for
>their size, like 1,100 miles for the B-26 and 1,350 miles for the B-25
>compared to the Japanese. Having more of a brief to be survivable.
Well, I think the brief for American army aircraft designed in the
1930s was to defend the country from offshore surface raiders. The
idea was to sink enemy ships before they could launch an attack upon
American targets.
Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com
