[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

Don’t forget the “Thatch Weave,” which allowed U.S.pilots in inferior planes to chew up the Japanese Zeros.

Permutations and variations of the “Thatch Weave” are still in use today.

[OKSooner]

Never heard of this “Thatch Weave” thing. Care to help us out, briefly? TIA.

[sparklite2]

the Japanese Zeros.

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The Zero was the premier fighter at the outbreak of the war.

With a radial engine that could produce 950 HP, the plane weighed about the same as a modern day SUV. If you can imagine handling an SUV with 950 HP, that’s what the Zero was like.