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Originally posted by Tin Man View PostWhich allied aircraft accounted for the most axis shipping destroyed in WWII in terms of tonnage ?
What was the total tonnage figure ? A ballpark figure will do.
Somewhere around 140,000 tons sunk...more or less.“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by TopHatter View PostWhen you say "Axis" you are referring to the ETO only, correct?
Somewhere around 140,000 tons sunk...more or less.
It poses an interesting question. If we include the Pacific theatre, would the Stringbag still be king?
140,000 tons is a long way out according to the site, which is reputable and should know its own historical records you would think!"Liberty is a thing beyond all price.
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Originally posted by RustyBattleship View PostHmmmm. I would have thought of Grumman TBF's and TBM's with their torpedos along with Douglas Dauntless Dive Bombers.
After all, Japan was a member of the Axis powers and had a bigger Navy.
I would have to say the SBD Dauntless w/ 5 carriers to its credit as well as numerous DDs, CLs, CAs and merchies.“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
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Damn. I am still digging but have found nothing definitive. I will have to alter my question to include only the European theatre. Of course "axis" included Japan. An oversight in the information I looked at.
Glyn got the aircraft correct, nobody has the tonnage dispatched as yet.:)"Liberty is a thing beyond all price.
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Originally posted by Tin Man View PostDamn. I am still digging but have found nothing definitive. I will have to alter my question to include only the European theatre. Of course "axis" included Japan. An oversight in the information I looked at.
Glyn got the aircraft correct, nobody has the tonnage dispatched as yet.:)Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.
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Originally posted by RustyBattleship View PostAre you including those Italian Battleships, sunk in harbor, by Swordfish? An attack that was a role model for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
In general, if forces sink a ship in combat but that combatant is re-floated and salvaged, does that ship kill become null? Just a question, I would think it would be chalked up as a kill, even if you have to kill it again!"Liberty is a thing beyond all price.
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Originally posted by Tin Man View Post140,000 tons is a long way out according to the site, which is reputable and should know its own historical records you would think!“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by Tin Man View PostIn general, if forces sink a ship in combat but that combatant is re-floated and salvaged, does that ship kill become null? Just a question, I would think it would be chalked up as a kill, even if you have to kill it again!Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.
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Thanks Rusty. I think it would be proper to hand the next question over to Glyn as he got the aircraft type correct. I am willing to bypass the tonnage question as a mere anecdote.
Tophatter, the figure quoted is 300,000 tons of shipping, on the Royal Navy Historical Flight site.
It would be interesting to see what the most successful allied aircraft was against all axis naval forces, in all theatres. Albany, the Dauntless could be a good guess."Liberty is a thing beyond all price.
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The Avenger and the Helldiver have the Musashi and Yamato to share as well as I believe 4 hybrid carrier/battleships as well as CAs, CLs, etc. But the tonnage would have to be split between them. The SBDs were teh only things which got hits at Midaway.“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
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Originally posted by Tin Man View PostThanks Rusty. I think it would be proper to hand the next question over to Glyn as he got the aircraft type correct. I am willing to bypass the tonnage question as a mere anecdote.
Tophatter, the figure quoted is 300,000 tons of shipping, on the Royal Navy Historical Flight site.
It would be interesting to see what the most successful allied aircraft was against all axis naval forces, in all theatres. Albany, the Dauntless could be a good guess.
I decline the next question as I didn't get the tonnage. Back to you, dear heart!Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
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