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September 21, 2018 at 2:42 pm in reply to: Alcock and Brown in a Vickers Vimy ? #775793

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Became the 85th person to cross the Atlantic by air? 🙂

September 17, 2018 at 10:02 am in reply to: Bf 110s "needed their own escorts" a canard? #777047

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Now I get that the original specification of the 110 includes an escort fighter with longer range, but folk bleat that this is misuse of the type, due to it’s vulnerability ( unless high and fast).

Mr Bungay in his book ‘The Most Dangerous Enemy’ opines that their main attribute as an escort was to offer an easier target than the bombers they were escorting …

September 5, 2018 at 6:55 am in reply to: Can I ask the administators? #218215

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And still no ‘quote’ function. Any chance of that coming back, since it’s a basic feature on every other forum I use.

Yes that bit is a pain 🙂

August 27, 2018 at 12:00 am in reply to: Bf 110s "needed their own escorts" a canard? #782723

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Did the RAF Mosquito need a fighter escort?

The Banff Strike Wing Mosquitos were often escorted by 19 Squadron Mustangs in operations off Norway in late 1944 and early 1945.

August 26, 2018 at 6:33 am in reply to: Bf 110s "needed their own escorts" a canard? #783218

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The only area that it seems to have been disadvantage was, as is pointed out above, ‘dogfighting’.
That said, wasn’t the aim of most fighter pilots of both sides, to arrive behind the enemy, unseen, and shoot them down. In that situation the Bf-110 would have been very effective.

August 18, 2018 at 7:43 am in reply to: Cartridge ejection on a Mosquito #786476

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Believe that the 20mm cases were ejected from ports just forward of the bomb bay. 0.303 not ejected?

August 17, 2018 at 10:47 pm in reply to: Lancaster FM159 Reconfigured as a 617 Dambuster Lancaster for 2018!!!! #786517

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Thanks to all who provided info regarding the bomb release 🙂

August 16, 2018 at 6:40 am in reply to: Lancaster FM159 Reconfigured as a 617 Dambuster Lancaster for 2018!!!! #787582

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Great work.

Out of interest; how did they originally drop? Did the arms move apart or was there a release at the point where the bomb was supported?

August 14, 2018 at 6:35 am in reply to: Its all Norway today.. Hellcat JV203 1840S Lt Cdr Archibald Ronald Richardson RNZNVR #788714

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Great story. Well done to all who made the visit happen.

August 8, 2018 at 5:16 am in reply to: RIP Flt Lt Ronald MacKay #790449

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RIP.

August 2, 2018 at 10:40 am in reply to: North American XP-82 Twin Mustang. #793981

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Thanks.

August 2, 2018 at 6:41 am in reply to: Red Butte (abandoned) Airfield #794013

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It would … but it also looks pretty good in its current state.

August 2, 2018 at 6:36 am in reply to: North American XP-82 Twin Mustang. #794015

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You wait 65 years for a P-82 and then 2 come along at once…

Well, 39 years at least 🙂

Is the XP-82 Merlin powered?

August 2, 2018 at 6:18 am in reply to: Want to put your photographic skills to good use? #794017

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Brilliant – well done to all who made this happen.

July 20, 2018 at 3:46 pm in reply to: More sad news. RIP Geoffrey Wellum #801638

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RIP Mr Wellum.
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