Реактивный истребитель Японии

[sneeke]

Привет!


В самом конце войны отправили два YP-80 в Италию. Были стычки с немцами, но безрезультатные.

А насчет стычек есть более подробная инфа? А то я во всех источниках только о дежурствах читал.

[Максимка]

Привет!

А насчет стычек есть более подробная инфа? А то я во всех источниках только о дежурствах читал.

Я ошибся. Вы правы, только дежурства:

The service history of the Shooting Star begins in 1944, when the decision was made to deploy four service test YP-80As to Europe to demonstrate their capabilities to combat crews and to help in the development of tactics to be used against Luftwaffe jet fighters. 44-83026 and 83027 were shipped to England in mid-December 1944, but 44-83026 crashed on its second flight in England, killing its pilot. 44-83027 was turned over to the British government and modified by Rolls-Royce to flight test the B-41, the prototype of the Nene turbojet. On November 14, 1945, 44-83027 was destroyed in a crash landing after an engine failure. 44-83028 and 83029 were shipped to the Mediterranean. They flew some operational sorties, but they never encountered any enemy aircraft. They were both returned to the USA after the war.