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Rhntz
12-07-2013, 12:35 PM
http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/upload/thumb/379_78200.jpg (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/media/4757-Two-Allied-planes-collide-in-WW2) Both pilots died In this crashhttp://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/images/play_thread.png (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/media/4757-Two-Allied-planes-collide-in-WW2)

RudeRaptor
12-14-2013, 02:18 AM
P-40's ??

Towedjumper
12-14-2013, 10:42 PM
P-40's ??

Looked like it to me. Straight leading edge, looked like an air intake underneath up front, but not mid-airplane like a 51. I googled P40 midair and while there are accounts of a midair like in the video, none of them mention the video footage.

http://www.preddy-foundation.org/memorials/mid-air-collision/

Sounds like it happened in australia.

Rhntz
12-14-2013, 11:16 PM
You guys had me go looking through the vid and pics of different planes , It's hard to tell maybe also a Spitfire.

Rhntz
12-14-2013, 11:32 PM
@Ruderaptor @Towedjumper, Ok pause the vid at .03 and look at where the rear of the wing meats the fuselage and how close It Is to where the top of the tail meets the fuselage It's a very short distance. Now pull up a pic of the p40 and the spitfire and the rear of the wing hits the fuselage at mid cockpit,so there is no way the cockpit is that far towards the tail

Rhntz
12-14-2013, 11:44 PM
I think these might be Russian,Look @ the mig3 from ww2 and notice how far the cockpit is towards the tail section and where the rear of the wings meet the fuselage. And the extended long nose....Possible?

djlp
12-15-2013, 04:50 PM
Possibly p40's but more like a p39, maybe even german bf109 by looking at the trailing wing edge when plane 2 is in full silhouette.

Rhntz
12-15-2013, 11:34 PM
still looking at p39's but not a bf109 look at the length of the nose section and the width of the wing on the length of the fuselage. way too long

Rhntz
12-15-2013, 11:50 PM
Not a p39 Either, width or length of the wing along the fuselage