On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:27:41 -0700, Brent
wrote:

On Aug 11, 10:31 am, Don Stauffer in Minnesota
wrote:
On Aug 10, 3:48 pm, Brent wrote:



On Aug 9, 1:11 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
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I'm looking at the Planes in terms of when they were most important.
IMO the Hurricane and spitfire were most critical in the battle of
britain early on in the war. they were part of a chorus of fighters at
a later point even though they were likel still wonderful machines to
fly and fight in.

the Lancaster and the P51 were more influential later in the war as
offensive bombers and as the long range escort

and during all those phases those planes were using the Merlin

In the Pacific my opinion is totally different

but i was not there and didn't do it and i would not be surprised if
there are ww2 vets reading this. If one cares to tell me to stuff it
my answer will be "yes sir"

Its merely my opinion.

Brent
Ottawa Canada

My dad was there, Pacific and Europe, although not anywhere near as
early as the Battle of Britain. He joined in July, '41, and didn't
get to Pearl until June '42. He flew behind Allisons, P&W R2800's,
and Packard Merlins.

I was always amazed at the P&W R-2800 and the number of planes it
powered. Dad's was the P-47, but there were also the Corsair,
Hellcat, P-61 Black Widow, B-26 Marauder, and A-26 Invader. I bet I
left out others, but those were the WWII fighters and bombers I'm
aware of.

Pete Keillor