Hi Guys,
Now this is probably a very silly question but I don't understand enough to know the answer myself. Do all the 12 or 16 aircraft in each formation have to be the same type? The reason I ask is that some squadrons flew a mixture of Hurricane models. By that I mean that many started off with IA, replaced them with IIA (both 8 x 0.303 mg), moved on the IIB (12 x 0.303 mg) and then "graduated to IIC with 4 x 20mm cannon. I doubt the changeover happened overnight so initially 213 would I suspect have both IIB & IIC operating together, and 6 Squadron definitely had a mix of IIC and IID with 2 x 0.303 and 2 x 40mm anti tank cannon. I would imagine that the different armaments would require different FM so I presume they would not be compatible?
Any thoughts?
Peter
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