Recent content by Terry McGrady

. For a realistic view of the 459 Sq ops I suggest you read Airwar over Burma by Chris Shores the final part of the " Bloody Shambles "Trilogy Cheers Terry McGrady

They were actually Tomahawk IIB similar but not the same as the P40B or C! 100 were supplied taken randomly from Tomahawk IIB production for the RAF , commencing with AK466 So did the AVG get more than the 100 Tomahawks IIB? Got Ex USAAF P40C ? Btw the AVG was disbanded on 4th July 1942...

Do you mean the Colour Photo ? if so That isn't an A36 its a P51 Cheers Terry McGrady

The A/C used by the AVG were Tomahawk IIB Aircradft bought and paid for by HMG. There was a flurry of Telegrams back and forth about this . The British Government was annoyed about having A/C taken away from it and given to the Chinese. However, in true Political Style when it was realised...

Yes its correct 112 operated some Tomahawks in those Colours. 112 received its first Tomahawks in June1941 First op in September 41 , when the first "Shark mouth" appeared on F/O BruntonA/C . It was meant to be a Cats Mouth , hence the Canine teeth on some A/C . It was Gerry Westenra who...

Interesting that it differs with the findings at Boscombe Down . Mind you individual A/C varied and such things as sealing gun muzzle making sure panels were flush fitted Aerial masts etc polished Airframe all made a difference

Figures were for Martlet MKII IV . MKI -I've seen figure for top speed quoted as 304 mph. Climb figures weren't up to much either 1560 ft/min The Martlet / Wildcat MKVI was the best performer322 mph being quoted with water injection adding another 13 mph to that top speed. It was...

No I'm illustrating the point that you can quote all sorts of figures and come to different conclusions depending what figure you use The Hurricane losses are accurate. The Claims made by the Hurricane Pilots were confirmed. But the only certain fact is the Hurricane losses .

:lol::lol::lol: No problem Mate, In fact , it was all very interesting and it led me to do some research of my own. I looked at the operations of 224 Group in the Arakan , Between October 1842 and June 1943, paying particular attention to Hurricane...

Hi Merlin , I used to believe those performance figures until I read the Secret years Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939 - to 45 Remember there is a vast difference between Manufactures quoted figures ( Lightly loaded A/C no guns . Ammo etc ) THan the ones Tested in service...

Hi Joe, In Braiin Cull and Paul Sortehaug's book Hurricanes over Singapore The Appendices give a total of 138 Hurricanes reaching Singapore and Java. Of this total 6 were lost at sea on transfer Singapore Batavia, and 12 were transferred to the Dutch Leaving 120 for use of the RAF. 9...

Hi Nikedamus I've come up with much the same . Factoring out the Operational losses and AA and destroyed on ground , the Air to Air combats are nearly 3 to1 in favour of the Fulmar . Not Bad for an A/C that was developed from a Light Bomber Cheers Terry McGrady

Hi Juha I took my info from Air-Britain serials. I have the book you mentioned as well as Aircraft for the Many The information I have on the Mohawks in Burma states that 5 Squadron received its first Mohawk at Dum Dum iCalcutta in December 1941, having Mohawks on strength from Dec 29th...

Mohawks were delivered between August 1940 and March 1941, So the BoB ( First phase ) was all but over before many arrived here. As for the Martlets firepower , yes 4x.50 doesn't seem bad , but it needed to be able to catch its targets . Remember the Brewster Buffalo with siimilar...

In fact it struggled to reach 300 mph This info from " The Secret Years " Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1935-45 by Tim Mason The Wildcat MKVI only reached 322 ( From the same source ) The only advantage the Wildcat ? Martlet had over say the Hurricane was range. Cheers...