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    Battle of Britain veteran interview

    Thank you very much stona. Very interesting. As a matter of fact I didn't know Fighter Command's previous name. Cheers
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    Battle of Britain veteran interview

    Can you please tell me where I can get details of those Fighting Area Tactics? Thanks a lot
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    Battle of Britain veteran interview

    Thank you so much Steve and Edit. Hope to reciprocate
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    Battle of Britain veteran interview

    Hello, In the following Michael Wainwright | Pilot Veteran Wainwright, in video No2, min 0.49, says some words I was unable to catch (something like "C or sea etc) to describe a typical Blenheim air-to-air attack. Could someone in the Forum help me decipher? I thank you very much in advance...
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    air gunnery

    Hello, Can anyone tell me if use of mils (milliradians) in air gunnery ever became operative in WW2, and by whom (I mean what country)? Thanks and regards
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    K-14 gunsight

    Thank you again Lunatic, Your addition threw more light on the problem, but I fear I didn't make me clear enough: when I spoke of the "circle" diameter being "normally" 50 mils, I referred to the overall span of the gun sight - sort of its horizon - not to the targets size circle, which can be...
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    K-14 gunsight

    Hi everybody, Sorry to be here again, but I have one more question. Th P-47/K-14 manual says that "...when the separation of the fixed cross and the dot shows that a long lead, around 85-100 mils, is being allowed...". I seem to know that "normal" circle diameter on majority of sight guns is 50...
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    K-14 gunsight

    Hi Goldberg, Thank you very much. Yes it did help a lot! Regards
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    K-14 gunsight

    Thank you Goldberg, My residual question: In the gyro-computing mode, how could the P-51 pilot know that he was within firing range, once he had adjusted the 6 diamonds around the target, by rotating the throttle grip, and tracked the target for the required 1 second? Had the range to be...
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    K-14 gunsight

    Hello, Thank you so much, Lunatic. Perchance, could you help me also with the way A-4 radar gun sight worked on F-86E? Regards. Can anyone help me with the details about the way K-14 gun sight worked on P-51 Mustang fighter? Thanks and regards. Corbo, Naples, Italy The K-14, MK. 18...
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    K-14 gunsight

    Hello, Can anyone help me with the details about the way K-14 gunsight worked on P-51 Mustang fighter? Thanks and regards. Corbo, Naples, Italy
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