Thread: The 777th in the USSR during WWII
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Old 04-22-2008, 01:01 PM
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Yeah the P39 was somewhat overshadowed by its more famous contemporaries.

It couldn't keep up with the Zero the way the Hellcat could, however it seems in the hands of good pilots it was a match for the 109. Which was all the Germans had until the 190 came online.
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