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- From: regeorge@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert E George)
- Subject: Re: Worst Allied WW2 Fighters
- Message-ID: <C017D0.3u4@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: The Ohio State University
- References: <BzD52n.JD9@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.CO <BzEz4v.Ey6@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:31:47 GMT
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- From regeorge@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert E George)
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- In article <Bzq304.4yu@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Isk
- andar Taib) writes:
- >
- >From ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- >
- >In article <BzEz4v.Ey6@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Robert E George <regeorge@magnus
- .acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
- >
- >> Fiat G-50
- >
- >Hmmm...
- >
- >Wasn't it Robert Stanford Tuck who had the day off when his
- >squadron intercepted an Italian force consisting of slow bombers
- >and Fiat biplanes? This was at the height of the Battle of Bri-
- >tain. The italians were brave but the biplanes didn't do too well
- >against Hurricanes.
- >
- [deletions to save space]
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- The Fiat G.50 was *not* a biplane -- the Fiat C.R. 42 (which was used
- in the Battle of Britain) was a biplane, as was the Fiat C. R. 32
- Robert George
- (speaking only for myself)
-
- "The very essence of individual freedom is equal justice under a rule of
- law, a law to which every man shall be subject and which no executive
- can modify."
- Senator Robert Taft , March 11, 1944
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