(May 14, 2015 at 4:30 pm)Rhythm Wrote: P-47 ftw!. There are stories, from both sides, of german pilots (even in later model 190s) going bingo ammo lightin em up - without bringing them down......p-40 doesn't get much love either, but the engine block on the p-40 saved many a pilots life, and was probably one of the only planes ever built in which a HO wasn't the worst idea a pilot could have.
Bob Johnson tells of soaking up 200 hits with a Jug in his biography. He also talks about a mock dogfight with a Spitfire where he uses the Jug's astounding zoom-climb to advantage.
And yeah, the 'Hawk was much maligned, but point the nose down on the fucker and see who could keep up ...
