Placing the Fairey Battle.

[Franek Grabowski]

Originally Posted by Kutscha

Franek, why do you say that?

Because Thunderbolt was an 'overpaid' plane. It was too heavy, too expensive, not very manouverable. Analysis of the first year of operations shows that they were not that successfull against the Luftwaffe, and it is really no wonder 8th AF asked them to be replaced by Mustangs as soon as possible. I do not mean it was a completelly useless aircraft, but certainly did not deserve that much propaganda as it get, at least in the fighter role.

Tony
I would strongly recommend to get accustomed to the recent publications, mainly Russian, concerning the eastern front. Certainly hordes of Half Tracks, Shermans, Jeeps, Studebakers, Airacobras and Bostons made the Red Army superior to the Western counterparts. Any qualities? Some Russians would hang butcher Zhukov by his balls. Referring to old propaganda is not the way to proper research.