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2003-07-23 Europe

Fully armed Nazi planes âburied below East Berlin airportâ

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Posted by Steve 2003-07-23 2:10:52 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wanna be the first kid on the block to own a FW-190!

Posted by Dar 2003-7-23 2:18:02 PM|| 2003-7-23 2:18:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 And yet people are still bitching that nothing's been found in Iraq after only a few months.

Posted by growler 2003-7-23 2:18:39 PM|| 2003-7-23 2:18:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The ME-262. That was a fantastic plane, and things could have turned out much differently had Der Fuhrer recognized its potential and capitalized on it.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-7-23 2:25:12 PM|| 2003-7-23 2:25:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sluggish acceleration, vulnerable to slower planes on take off and landing, and would often zoom past the target before it'd lined up for a good burst. By neglecting production of tried and trusted designs, and diverting personnel and resources to the development of an infant technology which wouldn't bloom effectively for years, Germany and the Luftwaffe made a big mistakes in the latter part of the war. Similar story with tank development.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-7-23 2:41:02 PM|| 2003-7-23 2:41:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I can see the headline now: "Warbird restorers brawl in Nazi bunker"

Posted by Aussie Mike 2003-7-23 6:24:58 PM|| 2003-7-23 6:24:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll take my P-51D or P-47D (or Mk.XIV Spitfire) over your FW-190 any day. The Allied planes were competitive in the air, more reliable, and better suited to mass production.

Posted by Mike 2003-7-23 6:47:38 PM|| 2003-7-23 6:47:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Been done by Clive Cussler, if I remember correctly. His fictional hero, Dirk Pitt, tends to collect old cars and airplanes that he's chanced across during his adventures, and one of them was an intact ME-262.

*drool*

Mr. Cussler does this himself, now that he's wealthy due to his successful novels.

Posted by Ed Becerra 2003-7-23 6:59:15 PM|| 2003-7-23 6:59:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I remember that book as well Ed - nice recall on your part

Posted by Frank G 2003-7-23 10:18:16 PM|| 2003-7-23 10:18:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Bulldog >> In addition, Hitler wouldn't budge on the fact that he wanted it to be a bomber originally, wasting much precious time in developement.

Posted by Paul 2003-7-24 5:23:29 PM|| 2003-7-24 5:23:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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