Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "German WW2 Explosive Speed Boats" video.

  1. It wasn't exactly a fight with a P-51. It was Cavalier TF-51D, the Cavalier conversion of a P-51D single seat fighter to a two seat training version. It was much slower than the F4U and much less maneuverable. The more interesting fight was later the same day, when an FAH F4U shot down two FAS FG1's, the last dogfight between propeller driven fighters of about equal performance.
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  2.    Well, no, the war didn't start until nearly three weeks after the deciding match between El Salvador and Honduras, which was won by El Salvador. Angry pilots there may have been, but just like with any other air force, you couldn't just jump in a fighter and fly off. Tensions had been building for over a decade, and the results of the playoffs were just another provocation in the eyes of Honduras. El Salvador believed Honduras was about to attack and launched their own preemptive attack. It succeeded at first, but the poorly trained and equipped Salvadoran military soon lost ground to the larger and better trained Honduran forces. The attack by El Salvador was a tactical mistake, but both countries suffered thousands of casualties in the 100 hour war, mostly among civilians.
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