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re: WWII: Would You Choose the Pacific or Europe?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:57 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:57 am to Darth_Vader
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You have a good point. Suppose it goes back to tactics. He always avoided turning dogfights and instead used the superior ceiling, speed, and ability to absorb damage when facing Zeros.
That can't be said of McGuire who decided to pancake himself in. Damned if he shouldn't have known better.
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 6:16 pm to NWarty
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McGuire
Actually wrote a book/pamphlet on tactics and violated three of his main rules on his final flight.
He tried to turn with a Zero, at low speed and low altitude, and didn't release his drop tanks.
It was early in the flight, and he was near-obsessed with equaling and passing Bong's total score of 40. With his flight of 4 P-38s against a single Zero, he was thinking quick kill, then resume hunting. But the Zero was flown by an expert.
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