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Title: ID the A/C 2607
Post by: whgates3 on November 29, 2002, 02:07:17 AM

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Title: ID the A/C 2607
Post by: LLv34_Camouflage on November 29, 2002, 04:55:42 AM

IAR-80?

Camo

Title: ID the A/C 2607
Post by: ra on November 29, 2002, 09:23:50 AM

IAR-80, sometimes known as the Fw-190 by the 9th AF.

Title: ID the A/C 2607
Post by: frank3 on November 29, 2002, 12:51:24 PM

9th AF was stationed in Italy weren't they? or was it the 12th?
or was it in Africa....?

...never mind.....

Title: ID the A/C 2607
Post by: Jester on November 29, 2002, 06:58:30 PM

12th AF was in Africa, 15th AF was in Italy.

Title: ID the A/C 2607
Post by: Soviet on November 29, 2002, 10:30:35 PM

wait, it has cannons so it must be the IAR-81 jabo variant.

Title: ID the A/C 2607
Post by: whgates3 on November 30, 2002, 03:06:29 AM

yes, it is IAR-81c, jabo vaiant that was not a jabo (almost all of the IAR-81s were built w/out the bomb racks as they cut the performance too much). could have been a great plane if it had as much HP as the 190,but the Gnome-Rhône 14K II Mistral Major it used was about 700HP less than the BMW 801, so the IAR-80/81 could only do about 340 MPH...the IAR 80/81 weighed ~3000lbs less than the 190, so with a 1700HP engine it might have been damn fast.  i read a book by a pilot of the 31st FG who knocked down 5 of these (confirmed) in one mission to polesti, but all the kills were claimed as 190s, it was not until the 70s that the claims were corrected.  kind of odd, given that they had the guncamera footage and there are some recognizable differences between the shortnose 190 & the IAR 80/81: tail braces, wing shape, cockpit positioning, cowling...Soviet's A?C recognition skillz are maybe better than 31st FG intelligence officer