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Hmmm...
Posted by Lynn on Sun Jun 30, 2002 05:44:55 PM
In reply top Re: If each country could choose a Warbird for one of its symbol posted by Scortt WRG Editor on Sun Jun 30, 2002 06:01:14 AM
First off, the French thing was funny but not entirely accurate; I'd vote for the Spad VII or XIII for France, or maybe the MS406. (In their defense, the Armee de l'Air wasn't the French service branch that turned tail and ran like hell...)
Some other things I'd change;
Finland: Brewster 239 Buffalo (the essence of doing more with less)
Germany: Bf109E (the model that wrote the book on air superiority and started the legend)
Israel: Avia CS-199
Czech Republic: Hawker Hurricane (well, it HAS to be somewhere, it's too important to leave out)
Australia: Boomerang
China: P-40B/C
Poland: PZL-11c (flown with guts and honor by the Poles in a losing cause)
Holland: Fokker D.21 (another scrappy fighter flown with enormous bravery)
So, who gets the Mossie, then? :)
Lynn