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Offline earl1937

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Which Fighter
« on: July 31, 2013, 08:04:36 AM »
 :airplane: Which American fighter had more total air to air kills than the P-51?
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Offline Mar1ne

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2013, 08:29:00 AM »
The F6F
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Offline earl1937

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2013, 09:35:16 AM »
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Offline Ack-Ack

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2013, 12:21:47 PM »
Quote from: earl1937 on July 31, 2013, 08:04:36 AM
:airplane: Which American fighter had more total air to air kills than the P-51?

In single theater operations, the Hellcat would be number one with 5,168 kills in to the PTO, with the Mustang coming in second with 4,950 kills in the ETO.  However, if you were to combine all theater of operations, the Mustang would be number one with 5,954 kills spread out through the ETO, PTO, CBI and MTO with the Hellcat coming in second with 5,168 in the PTO and ETO.

So to answer your question, the Mustang had the most kills of any US fighter during the war.

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Offline MiloMorai

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2013, 01:42:12 PM »
Which model of the F6F and P-51 had the most kills?
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Offline morfiend

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2013, 02:19:27 PM »
 Does this include other nations who used both these planes?







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Offline Krusty

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2013, 02:24:05 PM »
Do we really need 4 new threads a day about random trivia nonsense in this forum?

Paint me as the badguy for saying it, but do we? Really?


I, for one, don't think so.
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Offline earl1937

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2013, 02:45:21 PM »
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Quote from: Krusty on July 31, 2013, 02:24:05 PM
Do we really need 4 new threads a day about random trivia nonsense in this forum?

Paint me as the badguy for saying it, but do we? Really?


I, for one, don't think so.
:furious Well, sir, don't recall any requirement for anyone to read any posts in this forum, but as for myself, I just try to post something that is informative and sometimes useful, especially to young guys who have just been bitten with the aviation bug! Not sure what kind of posts meets your requirements, so maybe you will enlighten us!
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Offline morfiend

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2013, 02:51:45 PM »
Quote from: earl1937 on July 31, 2013, 02:45:21 PM
:furious :furious Well, sir, don't recall any requirement for anyone to read any posts in this forum, but as for myself, I just try to post something that is informative and sometimes useful, especially to young guys who have just been bitten with the aviation bug! Not sure what kind of posts meets your requirements, so maybe you will enlighten us!


 Earl,

  Don't mind Krusty,he really is..... :O   well krusty.... 


   And Krusty, Earl deserves your respect,not only is he your elder,he has RL experiences that are beyond you or I!



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 PS: I enjoy Earls little tidbits and I'd hate to see him stifled.
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Offline Ack-Ack

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2013, 02:57:15 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on July 31, 2013, 02:24:05 PM
Do we really need 4 new threads a day about random trivia nonsense in this forum?

Paint me as the badguy for saying it, but do we? Really?


I, for one, don't think so.

Why not?  Is this not the forum for aircraft and vehicles?  If you don't want to take part, don't read the thread.

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Offline Oldman731

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2013, 03:09:29 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on July 31, 2013, 02:57:15 PM
Why not?  Is this not the forum for aircraft and vehicles?  If you don't want to take part, don't read the thread.


Agreed.  Or you can re-read all the perk-this-plane threads if the trivia bores you.

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Offline Randy1

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2013, 03:11:09 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on July 31, 2013, 02:24:05 PM

 . . . Paint me as the badguy  . . .


Ok, you are so painted.  Now, go away.

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Offline Krusty

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2013, 03:11:31 PM »
Yes, this is about aircraft and vehicles, but not about trivia contests. Those would better be suited to the O'club, don't you think?
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Offline whiteman

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2013, 03:28:14 PM »
Quote from: MiloMorai on July 31, 2013, 01:42:12 PM
Which model of the F6F and P-51 had the most kills?

Just throwing a guess out there, F6F-3 and P-51D
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Offline Randy1

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Re: Which Fighter
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2013, 03:38:36 PM »
Maybe a better number would be to take the number of kills and divide it by the total planes by model built for the war.  Average Kills per plane would give a better number one rating I would think.
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