In article , R2D2 says...

On Wed, 05 Dec 2018 06:39:02 -0800, Stormin' Norman
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Dec 2018 07:29:50 -0600, Mitchell Holman
wrote:

For a piston engine aircraft, the Spads could deliver a world of hurt
just about anywhere it was needed.

Bomb load of a B-17 PLUS 4 cannon...


Consider this...the F-106 was only 4 inches shorter than a B-17...designed for a
different kind of mission but still...only 20 years or so apart, the change in
military aviation was huge.




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