I’m still aghast at the idea of riding on the train without a ticket 😀

Damn !!!! That’s the rare 2 Dog Power Harley Davidson.

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Timely ejaculation is always important 😀

The codes are RC which is 5 Squadron which operated Mohawks in the Far East, or from where I am typing in the North West.

It appears to be the float fitted version of the Martin MO actually developed by the BuAer, but the contract to build went to Martin.

The float version was not succesful.

Not as much as posting here does, anyway. 😀

I don’t know. But my desire to handle old instruments had long ago departed for these and other reasons.

Curious really. Anyway I once did an archaeological survey of a uranium prospect in Queensland – I used to remark that I could read in bed without the light on.

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Fair point, Mark. You are right – so many documentaries talk of ‘Nazi troops’, ‘Nazi bases’ even ‘Nazi aircraft’.

However, in this particular case, it seemed a bit iffy as this was specifically a very senior officer’s dress uniform (not that of a combatant) from the Nazi period that he had chosen to wear to a public day out – gold braid, baton and all. I suspect it would be regarded with distaste at any German air display as well.

I’m sure they guy wearing it was clear on what he was commemorating.

They had no moral qualms about taking the oath to Hitler, and the German Army was the largest single contributor to the atrocities committed in Eastern Europe and Russia. They all became anti-Hitler after they lost – if they’d won would there be people wearing the uniforms of the Allies at these events? I doubt it.

Maybe there would have been more developement of the P40. – supercharged engine etc Or the Bell P39 and 63

There was a souped up P40 – the P40Q (bubble hood, better engine etc.) however it, like the P63 which was basically developed for the same reason, was not put into production simply because it was no improvement over the existing P47s and P51s. Take the P51 out of the equation and you still have the P47D, M and N models. All of which were well up to the job of handling the harried undertrained remnants of the Luftwaffe.

The P63 was only put into production for supply to France and Russia – the few that served with the USAAF were trainers or the flying pinball target adaption.