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    Shorts Stirling production

    Morning all I am looking for information about the production of Stirling aircraft . I know that they were produced at Rochester , Belfast ,Longbridge and South Marston, but I wonder if there is any information regarding which serial numbers were produced in which location If anyone has any...
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    Plane photo porn. New Photo Archive book series He111 Stirling Lancaster Gladiator and more

    A new series of books. All original, often unpublished photos, in a big landscape A4 format, on glossy paper. With specially commissioned colour digital profiles for modellers, artists and enthusiasts. No 'restored' aircraft here. A full Youtube review from Nige's Modelling Bench here: The...
  3. Short Stirling A.P.1660C & D

    Air Publication 1660C & D Volume I for the Short Stirling Mk. III & IV, dated 1944. Found at lancasterbombers.net.
  4. Aviation History: Short Stirling

    The Short Stirling is often overshadowed by the Lancaster and Halifax, but it still made a considerable contribution to the Allied War Effort. In 1942 alone it flew in all the 1,000 bomber raids. While it had its short comings most of them was as a result of the original specification and it...
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    Stirling not ordered

    If the Stirling is not selected (it's not relevant what is), how many more Flying boats Sunderlands etc., can Shorts build before they are co-opted to build the new (selected) bomber? I have posted something similar elsewhere, just curious what comments I get here.
  6. Bomb bay design...

    Why such difference between B-17, B-24, B-25, B-26, B-29 on one side and the Hampden, Wellington, Stirling, Halifax and Lancaster on the other, plus others on the axis and allied sides... Pros and cons of both ways?