samneanderthal
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Nobody said that the Airacobra was marginally better than the I-15, which was a biplane and much slower than the CR.42. The Airacobra was much better even than the I-16 monoplane and in the hands of a very talented man it did well against the Bf-109. But the Brits wrongly considered it inferior to the Hurricane in 1942, so it was a missed opportunity. What I said is that the Airacobra was preferred over more modern SOviet planes, such as the MiG 3, etc, by Pokrishkin, etc,
Personally I think they should have produced the Corsair instead for ground base use, but the P-39 would have been very adequate for ground support in Burma acting together with the P-38 fronm land bases and backed by Wildcats from carriers for Rangoon, etc,
Personally I think they should have produced the Corsair instead for ground base use, but the P-39 would have been very adequate for ground support in Burma acting together with the P-38 fronm land bases and backed by Wildcats from carriers for Rangoon, etc,