Question for Mark12

Cheers!

I won’t attempt to modify her now, however, as I’m bound to make something of a pig’s ear of it!

However, here’s my sorta-AR501 duking it out with my Buchon 🙂

Daz,

From my data base I have confirmed four aircraft carrying the DO-H code.

AR501, MH415, MK297 & TE308.

AR501 looks the closest but you need to change the prop from Rotol to De Havilland and ditch the three port exhaust and replace it with the six fish tail type.

Mark

Originally posted by Eddie
LOL

WarbirdUK – why have you changed that quotation of what I’d said 😉 😀

Boy that was quick!! 😮 done at the same time of my posting I’ll be bound!:D 😀 😀 😀 😀

Nice one Eddie, that’s cheered me day up! 😉

Ah! Doh! Your point.
I prooof reed for a livving, but I carnt tiype.

Yakolev Eleven Fanatic

Do you mean “spelt” or “spelled”?

I would have thought that a better spelling of ‘Mossie’ would be

‘the finest multi-role combat aircraft of all time’

Probably not spelt the same in the US though….

Willow

I think Mossie is supposed to be spelt Mosquito.

I spell “Mossie” like that.

I’ve heard the same thing as you about the name “Jug” being a postwar one – he was at a reunion and the vets didn’t know what he was talking about

Mmm. We all have our preferences. I’m happy with Spit for Spitfire – it’s got a good provenance with the blokes who used them in W.W.II; My personal hate is ‘loop the loop’.

How do you spell Mozzie?

Airplane? No thanks, it’s an aircraft; and you won’t have a 36 ship formation of Battle of Britain aircraft – though you can have a Balbo.

Ah, that’s better.

And (IIRC) Roger Freeman was saying that ‘Jug’ for P-47 is a postwar name – is that right?

Flak is short for “Flieger abwehr kanone” which means “aircraft defense gun”…or something (never was any good at German in school:) )

LOL

WarbirdUK – why have you changed that quotation of what I’d said 😉 😀

Eddie. Full marks. Thank you even though you were a little slow! 🙂

Originally posted by Eddie
Yeah, you’d have thought they’d have said it in Garman, wouldn’t you? :confused:

Didn’t know GPS was around in those days!:D 😀

Originally posted by OFMC Fan
One must never call an aeroplane a ‘kite’ must one chaps? It is just not done.

Why not??

FLugzeug Abwehr Kanone

While we’re waiting for Mark 12 to reemerge from his vast reference library, here’s a little teaser for you. I only know half the answer, so I need your help.

What is the origin of the word “flak”.

Originally posted by DazDaMan
Nope – it comes from the Germans in WW1, who called their aircraft “packing cases” or “packing crates” – no idea why they did, though!

Yeah, you’d have thought they’d have said it in German, wouldn’t you? :confused:

Nope – it comes from the Germans in WW1, who called their aircraft “packing cases” or “packing crates” – no idea why they did, though!

Probably the packaging or freight industry

Anyone know where the term “crate” comes from then?? 😉