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- From: Emmanuel Gustin <gustin@evs2.uia.ac.be>
- Subject: Re: Worst Allied WW2 Fighters
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 21:19:04 GMT
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- From Emmanuel Gustin <gustin@evs2.uia.ac.be>
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- gustin@evs2.uia.ac.be (Emmanuel Gustin) writes:
- :
- : The story about 3 Gladiators defending Malta is widely spread, but not
- : correct; it was a larger number. I don't remember how many exactly.
-
- I checked it out: there were 7 Sea Gladiators, and none of them had the
- famous names Faith, Hope and Charity. Eight others were used for spares.
- (Aeroplane monthly, may 1992)
-
- Speed may not be the most important characteristic of a fighter, but is
- surely essential. These are some that were slower than 500km/h:
-
- Name Country Top speed in km/h
- ==== ======= =================
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- Blackburn Roc GB 315 (two-seat fighter)
- PZL P.11c POLAND 378 (parasol monoplane)
- Avia B-534 CZECH. 394 (biplane)
- Gloster Gladiator II GB 402 (biplane)
- Fairey Fulmar I GB 412 (two-seat fighter)
- Polikarpov I-153 USSR 444 (biplane)
- Fiat C.R.42 IT 450 (biplane)
- Seversky P-35 USA 454
- Fokker D.XXI NL 460 (fixed undercarriage)
- Nakajima Ki-27 J 470 (fixed undercarriage)
- Fiat G.50 IT 472
- Koolhoven FK.58 NL 475
- Curtiss P-36 USA 483
- Bouton-Paul Defiant I GB 488 (two-seat fighter)
- Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 F 488
- Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 USSR 489
- Nakajima Ki-43c J 492
-
- The Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo was credited with 517km/h. The Finnish ones, if
- they were really lighter with same power, must have been faster.
-
- Emmanuel gustin
- gustin@uia.ac.be
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