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Warplane Art / Re: F3H-Demon
« on: May 01, 2007, 01:32:56 PM »
Great artwork my friend 
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Combat Warplanes / Speed Spitfire
« on: April 30, 2007, 11:35:07 PM »
Built before the war started, this Spitfire was designed for an attempt on the World Air Speed Record. The modified aircraft was known as the Speed Spitfire and first flew on 11 November 1938. Unfortunately, before an attempt on the record could be made, the Messerschmitt Me 209 raised the record beyond the reach of a modified Spitfire.
When the war did start, this aircraft was converted to usable operational condition by the fitment of a Merlin XII engine with a three bladed airscrew.
Because it would have needed a lot of work to change it to the fighter version, it was fitted with an oblique camera on the port side and sent to the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU). It only flew one operational reconnaissance mission. Because having only a 60 gallon fuel tank (designed for its record attempt) it did not have the range require for recce work.
It remained in service has a high speed run around until 1946.
When the war did start, this aircraft was converted to usable operational condition by the fitment of a Merlin XII engine with a three bladed airscrew.
Because it would have needed a lot of work to change it to the fighter version, it was fitted with an oblique camera on the port side and sent to the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU). It only flew one operational reconnaissance mission. Because having only a 60 gallon fuel tank (designed for its record attempt) it did not have the range require for recce work.
It remained in service has a high speed run around until 1946.
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Combat Warplanes / Re: Captured Spitfire
« on: April 29, 2007, 09:33:21 PM »
Here's a strange one,a captured Spitfire V under evaluation with the DB 601 engine fitted.
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Warplane Art / Re: Speed road to Photoshop
« on: April 28, 2007, 07:15:11 PM »
Another great post my friend 
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Combat Warplanes / Re: Lancaster Flys Again
« on: April 27, 2007, 06:32:55 PM »Is the same airplane as the on the images you have post me much before?
Yes it is, it's now completed it's refit and has been repainted.
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Combat Warplanes / Lancaster Flys Again
« on: April 27, 2007, 04:12:23 PM »
One of the world's last surviving Lancaster bombers has taken to the skies to mark 50 years of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
The aircraft, taking part in a flypast at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, is one of only two airworthy Lancasters.
More than 7,000 Lancasters were built during the 1940s and played a major part during World War II.
Read more - BBC News
The aircraft, taking part in a flypast at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, is one of only two airworthy Lancasters.
More than 7,000 Lancasters were built during the 1940s and played a major part during World War II.
Read more - BBC News
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Warplane Art / Re: Bitter problem
« on: April 27, 2007, 03:46:36 PM »
I will have a look through my profile books and let you know if I have anything
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Warplane Art / Re: Challenge- F3F
« on: April 24, 2007, 10:45:20 PM »
found this on ebay - F3F Drawings
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Let Let Let Announcment / Re: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance
« on: April 24, 2007, 08:42:44 PM »
well Dave's book has made it into the shops and onto the internet
http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=53888
Just waiting for part 2 about Luftwaffe reconnaissance jets
Sorry forgot, it's a great read
http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=53888
Just waiting for part 2 about Luftwaffe reconnaissance jets
Sorry forgot, it's a great read
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Combat Warplanes / Re: Captured Spitfire
« on: April 23, 2007, 11:03:27 PM »Great info mate!!! It look like it have some of the early non standard camouflage in overall light blue.
The PR Spits were painted in "Camotint" which was a very pale green-grey colour, then after this came the "PRU Blue" some were painted in a very dark blue others were painted all over PRU Pink.
There is an example of a Type PR1C painted in the normal Green and Earth colours. A great source for PR Spitfire colour profiles is On Target Profiles 8 - Photo Reconnaissance Spitfires in Worldwide Service
Again more info on Spitfire X4385, she was one of four PR Spits fitted with German Lenses on their camera bodies.
The source of the information below is from Dave Wadman's excellent book - Aufklarer - Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft and Units 1935 to 1941, (Just today received a copy from Dave)
In order to improve the results of the missions carried out by No. 3 PRU, its commanding officer, S/Ldr Ogilvie had hoped to obtain American Fairchild 24” cameras as supplied to the United States Army Air Force, but these were not forthcoming at the time. However, a suitable substitute was soon literally to fall into Ogilvie’s hands when Junkers Ju 88A-1(F), 7A+FM, of the 4.(F)/121 was forced to land at RAF Oakington on 19 September 1940.
Following its thorough examination by RAF and RAE technicians, in November 1940, with the assistance of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at Heston and RAE Farnborough, Ogilvie was able to acquire and put back into service two of its Zeiss lens assemblies which had been adapted to fit British F 8 cameras; one of which was installed into the aft fuselage of Spitfire PR1C X4383.
The first F 8/Zeiss hybrid camera flew its first operational sortie when F/Lt Marshall flew X4383 to Cologne on 21 December 1940, during which he photographed the required areas at a scale of 1:13,000. Three days later, following a successful sortie to image the oil plant at Wessling, F/Lt. Marshall had to force-land X4383 near Colchester.With the Spitfire recovered for repair, the hybrid camera was removed and installed in X4385, which suffered a similar fate to its predecessor when P/O Wilkinson was forced to make a wheels-up landing on 9 January 1941.
Although having sustained significant damage to the airframe, the undamaged hybrid camera was removed and installed in X4712 where it remained until being lost with the aircraft in the early afternoon of 9 April 1941 when it was shot down near Texel by Fw. Mickel of the 1./JG 1. On 2 February 1941 X4493 had arrived at Oakington and was fitted with a second F 8/Zeiss hybrid with which, as the longest known survivor of these first F 8/Zeiss equipped PR Spitfires, it flew until it failed to return from a sortie to Wilhelmshaven on 27 August 1941.
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Combat Warplanes / Re: Captured Spitfire
« on: April 23, 2007, 09:50:26 PM »
A bit more info
On 22 September 1941 while being flown on an imaging sortie to Hamburg by S/Ldr Peter Tomlinson, Spitfire X4385 suffered fuel starvation, forcing Tomlinson to force-land the overall blue-painted aircraft in a meadow adjacent to the NJG 1 occupied airfield at Deelen-Arnhem in Holland. Taken into captivity by Luftwaffe personnel, Peter Tomlinson was taken to the officers’ mess where, in
his own words, officers of the night fighter group and their commander, Oberst. Wolfgang Falck treated him with the utmost courtesy and respect. After being entertained in the mess, Falck and his staff broke somewhat with the conventional method for the
handling of prisoners of war by flying Tomlinson, under the guard of a third crew member, to Frankfurt in one of their Messerschmitt Me 110 aircraft. After arriving at Frankfurt, Peter Tomlinson underwent conventional prisoner of war interrogation before being sent to the
Dulag Luft P/W camp at Frankfurt am Main.
On 22 September 1941 while being flown on an imaging sortie to Hamburg by S/Ldr Peter Tomlinson, Spitfire X4385 suffered fuel starvation, forcing Tomlinson to force-land the overall blue-painted aircraft in a meadow adjacent to the NJG 1 occupied airfield at Deelen-Arnhem in Holland. Taken into captivity by Luftwaffe personnel, Peter Tomlinson was taken to the officers’ mess where, in
his own words, officers of the night fighter group and their commander, Oberst. Wolfgang Falck treated him with the utmost courtesy and respect. After being entertained in the mess, Falck and his staff broke somewhat with the conventional method for the
handling of prisoners of war by flying Tomlinson, under the guard of a third crew member, to Frankfurt in one of their Messerschmitt Me 110 aircraft. After arriving at Frankfurt, Peter Tomlinson underwent conventional prisoner of war interrogation before being sent to the
Dulag Luft P/W camp at Frankfurt am Main.