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Old 27th Nov 2018, 23:10
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Nigel Osborn
 
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The Indonesians had some P51 & Mitchel bombers. Being petrol engined & not turbine engined, the RAF & RAAF fighters only had heat seeking missiles designed to shoot down jet engined aircraft & not petrol engined. Consequently the fighters were often requipped with machine guns. A few pilots told me the Indon aircraft used to fly next to them knowing they couldn't be shot down. I may be old with fading memory but I think I can still remember a P51 without the help of some Tiger!
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