(ArtKramr) wrote in message ...
Subject: #1 Piston Fighter was British
From: (Harry Andreas)
Date: 7/9/03 2:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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In article ink.net,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Transports are not combat aircraft. We led the combat units of the
9th on that morning.

I just watched the PBS show on D-day last night.
It showed fleets of DC-3s carrying paras over occupied France.
Each aircraft full of weapons and combat troops.
I don't know if that makes them combat aircraft, but if I
was in the left seat getting shot at, I'd probably think so.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

Many non combat aircraft get shot at. It is shooting back thay makes them
combat aircraft.


German transports were equiped with defensive guns, so were Russian
ones (and still were till the 1990s althout the Copius tail turret of
Russian transports was generaly eventualy converted to a toilet.

Ju52s and the Giant Me323s had guns. Both were intercepted by
Marauders while trying to suppy rommels Africa Corps.