I remember reading about that at the time, and, IIRC, the victories were ascribed to the superior manoeuvrability of the Sea Furies (which, of course, were late versions of the Spitfire adapted for carrier work). This was the same reason that the Gladiators which defended Malta against the Forze Aerea were able to survive as long as they did.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 1:35 AM Subject: Re: GESO - Spitfire 70th Anniversary <SNIP>> > Heck, there was a case in the Korean War where 8 MiG-15's jumped 4 Sea > Furies, losing 1 MiG, 2 damaged MiG's, and a possible 2nd kill. The Sea > Furies were undamaged. > > -Adam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
