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I would think anything except for maybe an Ilyushin Il-2 Stormovik would have faired very poorly after 6/8 50’s ripped through it.
I’m half British and feel some of the negative talk about the USAAF fighters can simply be traced to the connection with the USA.
Any time spent reading about the P-47 should make someone rethink their criticisms of the 50BMG. As a boy I remember reading, a Fighter Pilot’s Life (Col. Gabby Gabreski) and thinking, what a fantastic fighter, and American!
It’s reputation wasn’t gained from a couple of wings full of 20mm’s.
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