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Offline Seadog36

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Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« on: August 13, 2011, 02:11:18 AM »
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Offline clerick

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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2011, 05:21:14 AM »
Something doesn't look quite right with those. I don't have access to the number that many here will but my gut tells me there is something off.  Flame on!
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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2011, 07:25:08 AM »
What strikes you as off?
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Offline clerick

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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2011, 07:37:23 AM »
Take the spitfire for example.  It seems to me that it should have had more than 375 kills for the entire war for all variants.  And only 1 kill for the Mossie?  Maybe, but it just seems off.  Like I said before, I have no hard data to dispute it, just a gut feeling.
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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2011, 07:51:44 AM »
Quote from: clerick on August 13, 2011, 07:37:23 AM
Take the spitfire for example.  It seems to me that it should have had more than 375 kills for the entire war for all variants.  And only 1 kill for the Mossie?  Maybe, but it just seems off.  Like I said before, I have no hard data to dispute it, just a gut feeling.

Read the title. US pilots. Not RAF.
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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2011, 07:59:00 AM »
Pretty easy data to refute if it wasn't just US aerial victories~ I'm surprised we have 1 Mossie victory...I was under the impression that we only flew them for unarmed recon missions. SBD was even more effective than the P-61 statistically :lol

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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2011, 08:35:09 AM »
Quote from: Raptor05121 on August 13, 2011, 07:51:44 AM
Read the title. US pilots. Not RAF.

 :rolleyes:  My gut was correct... my eyes were wrong.  Makes a bit more sense now.
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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2011, 08:46:15 AM »
I think it is neat to see that a P-26 scored two victories.  Philippines?  I did some basic digging, but it looks like they may have been in China.  Would that count as a WWII victory (1937)?  Anyway, cool stuff  :aok
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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2011, 11:47:21 AM »
The 4th got 13 Credits with the Spitfire - and the 31st got two before they went to MTO.  I found a ref to 1/2 for 27th FS with a Spit - making 15.5 total so the Spit number is very close.  I can't get to the Mustang total because I don't have all the Photo Recon, but 8th and 9th AF FG totaled just over 4,000.. i'm wondering if RAF Mustang totals didn't slither into those tables?

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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2011, 11:53:35 AM »
Fearsome! 1935 popular mechanics~ meanwhile hurri's and 109s had made the scene.
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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2011, 08:16:57 PM »
How the hell does the P-47 score "696.67" kills in the PTO  :headscratch:?
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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2011, 08:27:51 PM »
Quote from: Tank-Ace on August 13, 2011, 08:16:57 PM
How the hell does the P-47 score "696.67" kills in the PTO  :headscratch:?

Shared credit.

The person who does the most damage didn't get the kill.

Actually, rounded up, three people got 1/3 of a kill.



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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2011, 08:33:53 PM »
Quote from: Seadog36 on August 13, 2011, 07:59:00 AM
Pretty easy data to refute if it wasn't just US aerial victories~ I'm surprised we have 1 Mossie victory...I was under the impression that we only flew them for unarmed recon missions. SBD was even more effective than the P-61 statistically :lol



416th NFS in the MTO. Apparently they detatched some of their aircraft to fly with the Black Widows of the 425th NFS when the latter were stationed in France.
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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2011, 08:34:10 PM »
     Apparently no US pilots flew one of these?

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Re: Interesting Stats on US Fighter Kills by Aircraft and Theater
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2011, 08:40:27 PM »
Quote from: Rino on August 13, 2011, 08:34:10 PM
    Apparently no US pilots flew one of these?

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The chart gave the P-61 127.5 kills.

EDIT:

I am unfamiliar with the Mosquito kill.  American pilots did get kills in the Mossie, but those were in the RAF or RCAF.  We did want the Mosquito as a nightfighter, but we never obtained them as far as I know.  I wonder if we got one of them to use for service trials and got a kill on it?

Scherf might know.
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