AT-6 Texan in attack role in USAAF colors?

[bearoutwest]

Hello Stig,

I don't disagree with you. Only commenting that the AT-6 (for Attack Trainer) only officially came in to use post-1962. (The website I pointed people toward - readily says AT = Advanced Trainer, in earlier USAAC/USAAF use.)

In terms of combating the slow Po-2, not much got the upper hand. A B-26 Invader (WW2 A-26 type) scored a Po-2 by walking the fire from 8x (or 10-12x) forward firing 50-calibre mg through the biplane. This was at night without radar, so by coincidence right-place/right-time rather than good planning. A radar-equipped F-94 Starfire chased a Po-2 and stalled when it opened fire with it guns - the F-94 crashed. A USN F4U-5N radar equipped Corsair, land based detachment has the most success, and had the only USN-operated ace in Korea, but from memory 4 of his 5 kills were against the faster Yak-11 two-seater advanced trainer nuisance bomber types.

...geoff