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JN-H Crashed Rethel Sunday 19 May 1940 19-05-1940 Sunday Date: Sunday 19 May 1940 Time: 11:15 LT Fairey Battle Mk I...

Canadian Airways DH.89 Dragon Rapide in Vancouver harbour.

Beaufighter IIf R2399 225 Sqd 13-09-1941 Saturday transport on car...

One though did strike me as a negative about the "Pete", was, like all floatplanes, the vulnerability of the float. While you might not...

The Fort of the Berlengas stands as a stoic sentinel on Berlenga Grande, a rugged island off the coast of Portugal. Built in the 17th...

RAF Fairey Battle & Bowser Fordson Tractor 105 Sqn Bomber Command...

British estimated costs during Inter war period: Maintenance cost (annual) Aircraft cost (annual) Capital Cost (annualized) Mid...

Well, aside from South America and Germany there were only 6 countries that had battleships. (ok, 7 if you count Turkey) And Italy and...

Agreed. Those that are actually interested in the night fighting capacities of the RN rather than pontificating that the British were...

The Japanese realized later on in the war that great range was not all that useful and reduced the range of both the Type 93 and 95...

Hi Taly01, thank you for this, I'm not trying to promote the 'Pete' as a fantastic plane, but determine what chances of survival it had...

Turn rate/radius is greatly dependent on aircraft speeds and G force limits, there is no "magic" way to make a plane turn in 100m radius...

Hi Shortround6, yes claiming it as a transport is quite a stretch, unless we have a lost in translation thing from a Japanese document...

The question/s is how good was it at many of these jobs. From Wiki "The F1M was originally built as a catapult-launched reconnaissance...

Hi Barrett, I've looked up the three pilots you mentioned, and saying they snacked on them is a bit of a stretch for me. I'll say at...