Greyman's latest activity
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GGreyman replied to the thread Westland Welkin: Basis for a Whirlwind II?.The idea was that a further development of the Peregrine would be used. A letter from Petter to the Air Ministry, 15 Feb 1940...
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GGreyman replied to the thread Westland Welkin: Basis for a Whirlwind II?.I think it was all estimations/calculations. Westland was never given the green light on the Mk.II.
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GGreyman replied to the thread Wellington torpedo-bomber - crude sight?.The types in use by September '44, apparently:
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GGreyman replied to the thread How good a plane was the P-40, really?.A&AEE has the Hurricane II losing 7 mph and 2,800 ft in full-throttle height when tropicalized. These were two different aircraft, so...
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GGreyman replied to the thread How good a plane was the P-40, really?.From Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions for Army Model P-40F and P-40L.
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GGreyman replied to the thread Was Operation Pedestal a greater Axis air attack than any faced by the USN in 1942?.It's possible that ACM Peirce wasn't quite buying what AVM Williams was saying and made moves for Spitfires right away. From A...
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GGreyman replied to the thread Was Operation Pedestal a greater Axis air attack than any faced by the USN in 1942?.Why did Richey feel the need to address this in his memo (and received pushback on this very point) if the RAF unit leaders were...
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GGreyman replied to the thread Was Operation Pedestal a greater Axis air attack than any faced by the USN in 1942?.Plenty of anecdotes on this, but I find the report from the Air Corps Material Division succinct: P-40E vs. Hurricane: The Hurricane...
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GGreyman replied to the thread Was Operation Pedestal a greater Axis air attack than any faced by the USN in 1942?.See page 88 of Shores' Bloody Shambles volume 3. They're well into 1943 and it seems like the 'boom and zoom' tactics proposed by Paul...
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GGreyman replied to the thread Was Operation Pedestal a greater Axis air attack than any faced by the USN in 1942?.Would you include proper tactics in that category of 'similar conditions'? If we're judging the two machines in that time and space it...
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GGreyman replied to the thread Mitsubishi F1m Pete having good sound control?.My guess is it's referring to control harmony.
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GGreyman replied to the thread How good a plane was the P-40, really?.April 1940 - ordered July 1941 - aircraft began arriving August 1941 - received by 601 Squadron October 1941 - first action
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GGreyman replied to the thread What if the Germans had radar proximity fused AA shells?.To this point, in the conclusions of Army Operational Research Group - Report No. 259 - Technical Review of AA Defences Against Flying...
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GGreyman replied to the thread 1939 Tactical Bomber.I think anything but a fighter-bomber type would be too vulnerable.
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GGreyman replied to the thread RAF Barr & Stroud MK. II gun sight scale drawings.Again - sorry, nothing official ... but a sketch of mine of the older version that Wurger was showing. A few photos that might help too:
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