Thread: Who can beat the Mustang ?
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Old August 26th, 2008, 12:38 PM
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Default Re: Who can beat the Mustang ?
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Originally Posted by chocapic View Post
I bleieve the lack of cannons on Spits during BoB was really an issue because many targets were LW medium bombers, which could soak many rifle caliber bullets.
I have a picture in a book of a Do17 during the BoB, and the blurb says "This Do17 was found crash landed in france after a successful bombing of England. It was found with no less then 800 .303 rounds in the left wing"

Thats one sturdy plane.
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