Спасибо RB,Originally posted by RB
"I guess I should make one last comment before closing out this account of our war birds. I have been asked, numerouse times, which fighter aircraft I though was the war's best. It's impossible to positively say which was the very best without taking into consideration the type of mission to be flown. If we are speaking of air to air combat, I say Spitfire is my choice - it was fast, highly maneuverable, a good gun platform, and without any bad habbits in flight. For dive-bombing and close air support operations, I'll take the P-47 Thunderbolt. She could carrry a good load of mixed munitions for all sorts of targets, she could sruvive in heavy flak environment. and she'd generally get you safely home if you were shot up. For long range bomber escort missions, P-51 Mustang would be my selection. She could fly for up to eight hours and flight off atacking enemy fighters in distant target areas.
Each aircraft I've mentioned was perfectly suited for primary mission. Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others - it would be, without doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificient and immortal Spitfire."
--------William R. Dunn "the first American ace of WWII
Наконец то кто-то процитировал William R. Dunn.
Хороший мужик был, в своей книге писал все как было - ничего не приукрашивая не привирая.
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