In response to your query I offer the following:
US Medium Bomber Units of World War 2 - Northwest Europe
By Jerry Scutts and published by Ian Allan
I've had my copy for twenty years and I don't know if it is still available
In response to your query I offer the following book:
US Medium...
Should I assume that you are referring to the mark numbers expressed in Roman numerals here? I delight in seeing the use of Roman numerals as is correct for almost all wartime RAF aircraft, but I do understand that some people find them difficult to use and would perhaps prefer for them to be...
Thank you tomo pauk for your explanation. Perhaps I was too general in my original post and I should have said, more specifically, that the Vulture comprised two Peregrines worth of cylinders and pistons in a new crankcase with a new crankshaft. However, my original point remains, the Vulture...
Might I just mention that the Rolls-Royce Vulture engine used in the Manchester was two R-R Peregrines joined in a single cranckcase, not two Merlins.
But this is a fascinating read that I shall return to when I have more time. Well done in finding it and posting it here.
I have to offer the Bristol Blenheim as a very much underrated aircraft. At the start of the Second World War the RAF had more Blenheims than any other type of aircraft; the Blenheim served in every operational command of the RAF and in every theatre in which the RAF fought. Although obsolescent...
A worthwhile read to give you a good grounding in the subject would be:
"Chased by the Sun" The Australians in Bomber Command in WWII by Hank Nelson. ISBN 1-74114-847-2