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Re: Cobras, Mustangs, Thunderbolts, Eastern vs Western front, Franek vs ...
Franek
"The fact that aircraft is manouverable does not make it a good fighter."
No in itself but it helps. And Finns thought that Yak-9 was as good climber as 109G.
"Me 109 could have been downed even by I-5, if pilot was careless."
Highest ranking FAF ace killed during summer 44 (Nissinen) was extreme unlucky but next highest (Saarinen) would have survived if his opponents had been I-5s.
La-5 was dangerous opponent even to carefull and alert 109G pilot.
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