#3469843 - 12/07/11 09:56 PM
Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread
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HarryR
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A very odd looking twin.. Old Dux, it's probably the Witham ,although they all look the same to me.. Here's one for you.
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#3470803 - 12/09/11 03:24 PM
Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread
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Firefly AS6
Last edited by KraziKanuK; 12/09/11 03:33 PM.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#3470930 - 12/09/11 06:02 PM
Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread
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Yep, Griffon power VG962 = Firefly FR.4.
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#3471575 - 12/10/11 09:38 PM
Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread
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Looks a bit like a Blackburn B26 Botha, but the wings should have a more pronounced dihedral: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_BothaIt has the partial retracting undercarriage, right side bomber window in the nose same config.
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#3471591 - 12/10/11 10:16 PM
Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread
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Looks a bit like a Blackburn B26 Botha, but the wings should have a more pronounced dihedral: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_BothaIt has the partial retracting undercarriage, right side bomber window in the nose same config. You are correct! There is a bit of artistic licence but the basic shape is reasonably presented. They were underpowered and would have been so even with the denied Taurus engines. Quite a handful to fly on one engine, potentially lethal in fact to pilots low on experience of type. Some were flown from RAF Millom which is surrounded by high ground. Easy to imagine the casualty rate there.
'Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant.'
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#3471803 - 12/11/11 09:22 AM
Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread
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Looks similar to the prone pilot Reid & Sigrist RS4 Bobsleigh but the nose is too short and the pilot is much too big!
Last edited by Old Dux; 12/11/11 09:41 AM.
'Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant.'
Manfred von Richtofen ---------------------------
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#3471834 - 12/11/11 11:36 AM
Re: The Aircraft Identification Thread
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On this version of the airframe, the pilot would indeed be prone. [EDIT] The Reid & Sigrist would have been a good candidate for identification.
Last edited by JAMF; 12/11/11 12:17 PM. Reason: candidate
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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