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Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
You can spot the silver wartime nickels by the mint-mark being on the reverse, above Monticello.
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You can spot the silver wartime nickels by the mint-mark being on the reverse, above Monticello.Don't forget the "war-nicks". The "nickels" were made out of steel. For those elsewhere, a five cent piece is called a nickel in the U.S.
The British only required a 100 hour test.The test was supposed to be continuous. However a few breaks were often allowed for "minor" repairs or servicing, like changing spark plugs or perhaps a broken valve or valve spring.
Some engines "passed" even though on tear down and inspection small cracks were found in crankcases or cylinder blocks.
Some of this may have depended on how desperate things were at the time. The First Packard Merlin to go through the test needed several repairs to make the 150 hours although it did make 100 hours without too much trouble.
When will the last of these extra 10,000 P-36 + P-40 aircraft be produced? In Aug 1939 the entire RAF had less than one thousand fighters.Similar to previous threads - find the way for extra 10000 P-36 + P-40 to be wanted/required, manufactured and used. The 'zero sum' 'rule' should be used - cancel or don't make something else so the resources are available - with a bit of leeway, say 20%? Of course, we don't want to cripple the Allied war effort, so most of these new aircraft need to make sense for the users (ie. need to offer meaningful performance and combat capabilities).
When will the last of these extra 10,000 P-36 + P-40 aircraft be produced? In Aug 1939 the entire RAF had less than one thousand fighters.
About 215 P-36As for the USAAC, roughly 900+ for foreign contracts.How many P-36s by then?
About 215 P-36As for the USAAC, roughly 900+ for foreign contracts.
The USAAC accepted it in 1938, so by 1940, the Army should have had it's full order.Built - or on order?
So, that's about 1,000 P-36 give or take by summer 1939. If Britain can have 5,000 by early 1941 the North African and Malayan campaigns will be different.About 215 P-36As for the USAAC, roughly 900+ for foreign contracts.
Due to the need for copper they started making pennies out of steel during WW2 at some point
You can spot the silver wartime nickels by the mint-mark being on the reverse, above Monticello.
By August 1939 there was 1 P-40 (the XP-40)?
How many P-36s by then?
And additional 10,000 P-36/P-40s would, most likely, come in later years and would have to be made instead of other types - such as the P-51.
Some book I read centuries ago (Great American Fighter Pilots of World War 2?) quoted an F4F pilot flying against Vichy French. He more or less said the French Hawks were tough competition.
IMO the opportunity for greatest impact is RAF Malayan Command (and RAF North Africa). So many airfields below but only sixty active Buffaloes (plus Blenheim and Hudson bombers) to use them. Add twenty squadrons of two hundred and twenty active P-36s with another hundred or so spares along with better coordination and Japan will have something to think about.The one place where an addition supply of P36 would have helped in in Poland, France and Norway. The P36 was a lot better than the Me109D which was in common use in those early months and it would hav made a difference