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Old 7th August 2007, 17:36
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Re: Placing the Bell P39 Aircobra.

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Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski View Post
Graham, you are misled. A friendly Mustang pilot recalls that when dive bombing, the aircraft accelerated so uncomfortably, the tacho looked like a propeller. Dive brakes are as usual in perpendicular dive as they are in shallow dive.
That said, Soviets had no dive bomber in the sense of Ju 87. Americans had Dauntlesses and Japanese - D3As but that is all.
Franek, you forgot the Helldiver. The FAA also had the Skau.
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