Vampire, Venom, etc, etc, etc.

Yes Sycamore you are spot on it was Vampire T-11s he flew in ! 🙂

Yes NF3 and FB4 were revised but both were different! In fact, all the booms are essentially the same, but have different fairings on the leading edges.

Bruce

Cheers Sycamore I will check with him….I know he wasn’t a pilot…

Bruce,

When you say Mk.3 are you referring to the NF3 and subsequent FAW versions?

Cheers,

Tom.

redesigned tail unit only on the Mk 3 and 4. Mk 1 was essentially the same as Vampire

Bruce

Sorry point taken, getting my Engine makers mixed up in the excitement

F.15/49 – DH.112 Venom was the successor to the Vampire. Generally similar in layout to the Vampire however the wing was re-designed with thinner section and straight trailing edge and new tanks were fitted to the wing tips. The engine was the RR Ghost.

Try de Havilland Ghost. 🙂

Venom

Snakeman,your friend may be mistaken,or it may be the way you wrote; the RAF Venoms in the FE were 28,45,60 Sqdn, FB1`s & 4`s, single seaters; Don`t think any NF2& 3 were there……more likely he flew in a T11 Vamp, usually the Sqdn hack/trainer………unless he flew in NF Venoms in UK/Germany/ or he was a pilot first ,photog. second…Syc.

Biggest difference was the Venom’s all new high speed swept wing. It also had a redesigned tail unit, more powerful engine, hydraulically operated ailerons, tip tanks and revised cockpit layout. Performance was much improved in all areas over the Vampire.

Tom.

F.15/49 – DH.112 Venom was the successor to the Vampire. Generally similar in layout to the Vampire however the wing was re-designed with thinner section and straight trailing edge and new tanks were fitted to the wing tips. The engine was the RR Ghost.