Wow, the first squadron was operational by 21 May 1945!XB-70 Guy said:The Grumman F8F Bearcat for one. One bad ass carrier-based fighter that would have decimated Japanese fighters.
Yes,is this!!Apophenia said:That Boeing fighter would be the XF8B-1.
Perhaps F8B-1s and P-72s intercepting G10N1s (or the JA equivalent) on the approach to San Francisco? This would get more interesting if each G10N1 was carrying a Japanese-developed A-bomb.T-50 said:and I want too see some Japanese types
carmelo said:Hello,i have a question:
which were the last piston engined fighter designed in United States,too late for WW-II ?
(For example,i have read about a Boeing huge fighter for the Pacific).
Thanks.
Pioneer said:I think Beech had a design submitted - it had a 75mm cannon (but come to think of it, it may have been classed as a 'Destroyer'). I will try and remember its title!!
Grumman two-engine F7F Tigercat?
XB-70 Guy said:The Grumman F8F Bearcat for one. One bad ass carrier-based fighter that would have decimated Japanese fighters.
XP67_Moonbat said:The latest FLIGHT JOURNAL (Feb 2010) has an article precisely on this topic. Planes mentioned:
- F8F Bearcat
- P-51H Mustang
- Ryan FR-1 Fireball
- C-82 Packet
- F7F Bearcat
- Hawker Sea Fury
- de Havailland Sea Hornet
- Martin Baker MB 5
- Avro Lincoln
- Lockheed P2V
- P-82 Twin Mustang
- Sikorsky HO2S helo
- F2G "Super Corsair"
- Me 264
- Ju 290
- Mitsubishi A7M Reppu
- Kyushu J7W Shinden
- P-80 Shooting Star
- Gloster Meteor
- Nakajima J9Y Kikka
The article mentions that a further article covering the jets will come out later
saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:The Grumman F8F Bearcat for one. One bad ass carrier-based fighter that would have decimated Japanese fighters.
Decimated?
You mean it would only have shot down 1 out of ten aircraft?
XB-70 Guy said:saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:The Grumman F8F Bearcat for one. One bad ass carrier-based fighter that would have decimated Japanese fighters.
Decimated?
You mean it would only have shot down 1 out of ten aircraft?
All in its path.
saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:The Grumman F8F Bearcat for one. One bad ass carrier-based fighter that would have decimated Japanese fighters.
Decimated?
You mean it would only have shot down 1 out of ten aircraft?
All in its path.
Sorry, my friend, but "decimated" means to destroy one out of ten. This comes from the Roman Legion where, as a punishment, one out of every ten soldiers would be killed if they failed in their duty. "Deci" meaning ten, so to Decimate means to kill 10%, or one out of every ten.
frank said:I think that's just one of its definitions:
decimate - eliminate: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:decimate&ei=Wlk5S_T-MpOYtge59737CA&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAcQkAE
saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:The Grumman F8F Bearcat for one. One bad ass carrier-based fighter that would have decimated Japanese fighters.
Decimated?
You mean it would only have shot down 1 out of ten aircraft?
All in its path.
Sorry, my friend, but "decimated" means to destroy one out of ten. This comes from the Roman Legion where, as a punishment, one out of every ten soldiers would be killed if they failed in their duty. "Deci" meaning ten, so to Decimate means to kill 10%, or one out of every ten.
Maybe obliterate would be a better word.saturncanuck said:frank said:I think that's just one of its definitions:
decimate - eliminate: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:decimate&ei=Wlk5S_T-MpOYtge59737CA&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAcQkAE
saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:The Grumman F8F Bearcat for one. One bad ass carrier-based fighter that would have decimated Japanese fighters.
Decimated?
You mean it would only have shot down 1 out of ten aircraft?
All in its path.
Sorry, my friend, but "decimated" means to destroy one out of ten. This comes from the Roman Legion where, as a punishment, one out of every ten soldiers would be killed if they failed in their duty. "Deci" meaning ten, so to Decimate means to kill 10%, or one out of every ten.
Sadly, through improper use of the word, it has now come to mean that. So, I will accept this as a colloqualism.
It is like the word "presently". This actually means "soon" but has been used so often incorrectly to mean "now" that the meaning has changed.
Sorry to harp on you Steve.
Hope you all had a great Christmas.
XB-70 Guy said:Maybe obliterate would be a better word.saturncanuck said:frank said:I think that's just one of its definitions:
decimate - eliminate: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:decimate&ei=Wlk5S_T-MpOYtge59737CA&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAcQkAE
saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:saturncanuck said:XB-70 Guy said:The Grumman F8F Bearcat for one. One bad ass carrier-based fighter that would have decimated Japanese fighters.
Decimated?
You mean it would only have shot down 1 out of ten aircraft?
All in its path.
Sorry, my friend, but "decimated" means to destroy one out of ten. This comes from the Roman Legion where, as a punishment, one out of every ten soldiers would be killed if they failed in their duty. "Deci" meaning ten, so to Decimate means to kill 10%, or one out of every ten.
Sadly, through improper use of the word, it has now come to mean that. So, I will accept this as a colloqualism.
It is like the word "presently". This actually means "soon" but has been used so often incorrectly to mean "now" that the meaning has changed.
Sorry to harp on you Steve.
Hope you all had a great Christmas.
You know good Yourself that there's no need to any apologies,Jemiba said:... it's rather me, who deserves a reprimand ...
If I had the money, I'd fly Lavochkin La-7 Grin It moves my Slavian soul's sense of estethic Grin
that one desires to have it in bed ;D
Like...?T-50 said:and I want too see some Japanese types
saturncanuck said:Sorry, my friend, but "decimated" means to destroy one out of ten. This comes from the Roman Legion where, as a punishment, one out of every ten soldiers would be killed if they failed in their duty. "Deci" meaning ten, so to Decimate means to kill 10%, or one out of every ten.
Stargazer2006 said:saturncanuck said:Sorry, my friend, but "decimated" means to destroy one out of ten. This comes from the Roman Legion where, as a punishment, one out of every ten soldiers would be killed if they failed in their duty. "Deci" meaning ten, so to Decimate means to kill 10%, or one out of every ten.
Interesting! I didn't know the origin of the word, but it's perfectly logical. Yes, "decimate" to me has always signified "exterminate, eradicate".
As to the subject of this topic, I would say XP-75 Eagle, Bearcat, of course, and perhaps XF8B-1 and FR-1 Fireball, though the operational capability of these is purely theoretical as the former remained a prototype and the latter's hybrid propulsion might have proved complicated to maintain in operation. For foreign Ally aircraft I would say that the De Havilland Sea Fury, Martin-Baker MB-5 and Commonwealth CA-15 are obvious ones.