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warbirdlover · February 28, 2012, 12:33 PM

I'm not sure how many of these were made late in the war but those might be weak as the US bombing destroyed their ability to heat treat steel. Example was their late production fighter planes landing gear were failing due to not being heat treated.

February 28, 2012, 12:33 PM	#7
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,324	I'm not sure how many of these were made late in the war but those might be weak as the US bombing destroyed their ability to heat treat steel. Example was their late production fighter planes landing gear were failing due to not being heat treated.