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OAITW r.2.0

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1. If Flying the P-51 in MS Fight Simulator is evidence.....

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Original post)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 11:52 PM

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this was the most powerful and most agile aircraft in WW2. Not counting jets. You could outrun by turning the nose up...until you had lethal fall advantage.

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The greatest Fighter aircraft in WWII, IMO, the P-51 Mustang. [View all] MarineCombatEngineer Friday OP

If Flying the P-51 in MS Fight Simulator is evidence..... OAITW r.2.0 Friday #1

Can of worms opened... WarGamer Saturday #2

In MS WW2, European Theater..... OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #3

a magnificent bird... WarGamer Saturday #4

Really was....a one-on-one fight between the Spitfire and the M-109 or M-190 was pretty one sided. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #6

As a kid, my favorite planes were the P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning and England's Supermarine Spitfire. PeaceWave Saturday #5

I'm not a pilot, and just know about these planes from the accounts of their performance.. Permanut Saturday #7

I grew up just down the road from the old CAF in Harlingen...used to hang around the place when I could. pecosbob Saturday #8

And too late to the game, its successor F-82 HAB911 Saturday #9

After an alert to the hosts, locking. Emile Saturday #10