Originally posted by Slash27
Pretty nasty affair with about 50% of the Bishers in SPit 16s
You know, I fly bish and I've never seen 50% of them in LA's and 16s. My experience watching Bish take off and land says they are in a wide mix of planes, and if there is a big preference, its probably N1k2s, P38s and Pony's.
This reminded me of a remark in the book 'Duel of Eagles' talking about how the Germans would always claim they were fighting Spitfires in the battle of Britain because none of them wanted to admit that they got shot down by a Hurricane, or for that matter that they had to work that hard to shoot one down.
At one point in the story he talks about Germans claiming something like 230 Spitfire kills in France in the month leading up to Dunkirk... But points out that NOT ONE SINGLE SPITFIRE was based in France at the time, They were all in England. And if I remember correctly, the total 'Spit' kills recorded by the Germans during that month was more than the number that had even been produced up to that time! hehe.
Anyhow, point taken... Never
Nomde.