Yet the British in Malasia, with pilots that had experianced the Battle of Britain and flying Hawker Huricanes, were literally cut to shreds by Zero pilots.>
Fighter tactics were completely different in the Pacific than the ETO. The Brits were used to dogfighting ME-109s, but doing so against Zeros was suicide. The Brits did not adjust their tactics to the situation.
36 posted on 05/11/2005 10:12:53 AM PDT by Skooz
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