Go tell the Russians and the hundreds of Nazis they shot down that the P39 wasn't an effective fighter. Just because the US and UK didn't want to figure out how to make it work didn't mean it wasn't a good airplane.
Diogenes
October 10th 17, 03:45 AM
On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 14:18:25 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>Go tell the Russians and the hundreds of Nazis they shot down that the P39 wasn't an effective fighter. Just because the US and UK didn't want to figure out how to make it work didn't mean it wasn't a good airplane.
For a great book on the P39 Airacobra read "Nanette" by Edwards Park.
Lt. Park flew the P39 in combat and named his plane Nanette. He swears
that "she" had a personality and could be sweet, cooperative, nasty or
bitchy depending upon her mood. By the time you finish the book he
will have you convinced that Nanette was a living entitiy.
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Diogenes
The wars are long, the peace is frail
The madmen come again . . . .
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