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To: Doogle
I know the role the P-51 Mustang in the ETO contributed to the demise of the Luftwaffe, but what I'm saying is, how could the Allies continue the air war in the ETO without the P-51 Mustang?
13 posted on 01/18/2010 2:13:02 AM PST by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: myknowledge

...it probably would have be dragged out for a few more years


14 posted on 01/18/2010 2:17:49 AM PST by Doogle (DID YOU FORGET...to send your FR donation?...YOU TOO LURKERS!)
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To: myknowledge

The fixes to the P-47 & P-38 didn’t really arrive until AFTER they were withdrawn from active escort duties. I imagine that if the P-51 hadn’t been a success that those refinements would have arrived earlier out of necessity.


54 posted on 01/18/2010 8:44:37 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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