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Old 5th Feb 2014, 16:23
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Courtney Mil
 
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Nice question, Coff. The 262 wasn't truly much of a dog fighter. It was a great bomber killer and hard for the escorts to engage because of its speed and its thumping great 30mm cannons. But it had a very high wing loading so its turn rate/radius wasn't that great; that said it notched up a good few Mustangs on its bedpost, mainly high speed fly through shots rather than a turning fight.

Sadly for nostalgia and without using any hard figures, I'm afraid Typhoon has it. If flown by a RAF pilot, of course.
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