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lockheed-martini:

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Difference between US and Japanese warplanes. This Corsair was flown back to base in June 1945. The Corsair itself was made largely out of a semi-armoured aluminium alloy,\u00a0\u201cduralumin\u201d or\u00a0\u201cdural\u201d designed to deflect 7.7mm and 12.7mm rounds at reasonable angles encountered in combat.

Here\u2019s a quote from the pilot, Alson Frazer:

\n\n\u201cI began to notice that my left wing was disintegrating. I heard no shots, I heard no gunfire. But became visually aware that my left wing was coming apart. So I realised that i had been hit, so I broke off my left turn and rolled out and pitched over and commenced to dive. I remember being quite frightened. My adrenaline was undoubtedly very high but my mental capacities were good. I just felt that I\u2019ve been hit, OK, he won, I lost, now let\u2019s go home!\u201d\n\n

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