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Old 7th May 2007, 18:53
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Re: Groupie Normandie on 17Oct44

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Originally Posted by CJE View Post
Ha! The Germans couldn't tell a La-5 from a La-7.
Do you think they were able to spot that the Yak they were fighting out had no intercooler intake under the nose? That's just another urban legend introduced by William Green.
In some projection it is easy to differ Yak-3 from Yak-9. Yak-3 (and later introduced Yak-9U) has no radio mast being the canopy. But during the fight... I don't belive the german pilots could deal with it :-)
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