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Re: Placing the Bell P39 Aircobra.
Art
I cannot see how Quote: "Clearly these did not have radios as the pilots all ran to their aircraft when an alert came in and simultaneously took off in all directions. They were dispersed completely around the airfield." confirms that those P-39s didn't have radios. There are other well known chaotic scrambles with a/c known for sure having radios.
Well, itīs different thing to remove part of armament and remove radio. Radios were essential to good teamwork but with 4 .5 mgs P-40 still had reasonable firepower. After all some P-40s were manufactured with 4 mg armaments, IIRC P-40Ds, Ls and early Ns.
Well, I think that we all know that there were all kinds of unofficial modifications made by units or individuals.
Juha
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