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Also has civil regn NX3908.
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer
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So very busy...RAF camo, US Civilian registration, RAF style fin flash, US Navy roundels, and top it all off with stripes!
From the instructions for the Bermuda boxing.
Half a century ago, the only model we had for doing wind tunnel tests at my university was a Brewster Buccaneer. That had been the case for many years up to that point, so somewhere there must be a vast repository of the same basic aerodynamic measurements on it. I wonder if it's still there...???
What uni was that? Can you contact them? Would be interesting to find out.
In the only book about the Bucaneer (Naval Fighters 76 by Steve Ginther), photos of Bucaneers/Bermudas show the one from the model box and the one with the civil registration.
The a/c in the middle with the lighter cowling is probably the one depicted on the model box. IMHO it has a 2-tone camo.
The a/c with the civil registration NX390B (not NX3908 as mentioned earlier in this thread!) is the second production a/c for the Dutch - see photos 2 and 3 below. Photo 1 shows the first production a/c for the Dutch NX389B.
There are stripes on the u/s of the wings too.
Cheers!
P.S. See attached about Dutch a/c.
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Good shots!
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Great photo, and the caption is certainly something! Somehow I don't think the RAF ever called it that.
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Yeah, that's taking "imaginative marketing" to a whole new level.
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Undoubtly a part of Operation Bodyguard.
Nice shots!
Really ?
9mm ; 5,56 mm ; 7,62 mm ; 20 mm ; 25 mm ; 60 mm ; 81 mm ; 120 mm ; 105 mm ; 120 mm ; 155 mm...
Exception : .50.
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For artillery, this may be because the US ended up using a lot of French ordnance (note: it's not ordinance; ordinances are a type of laws).
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Ahem, re
5.56mm caliber is really .223 cal in Americanese (NATO insisted we call it 5.56mm)
7.62mm caliber is really .30 cal in Americanese (NATO insisted we call it 7.62mm)
9mm caliber was adopted from the Germans? Austrians? British? (if it were up to Americans it would be called .357 Short or similar)
20mm caliber was adopted from the Swiss (Oerlikon) or French (Hispano) via the British
60mm caliber (mortar) was adopted from the French (when we made our first original 60mm weapon we called it the 2.36" Bazooka)
81mm caliber (mortar) was adopted from the French (the British called their 81mm mortars 3-inch)
90mm caliber (gun) was adopted from the French (when we made our first original 90mm weapon we called it the 3.5" Bazooka)
120mm caliber (mortar) was adopted from the French
120mm caliber (field gun) was adopted from the French
105mm caliber (field gun) was adopted from the French
105mm caliber (tank gun) was adopted from the British
120mm caliber (tank gun) was adopted from the British or Germans
155mm caliber (field gun) was adopted from the French
5.56mm caliber is really .223 cal in Americanese (NATO insisted we call it 5.56mm)
7.62mm caliber is really .30 cal in Americanese (NATO insisted we call it 7.62mm)
9mm caliber was adopted from the Germans? Austrians? British? (if it were up to Americans it would be called .357 Short or similar)
20mm caliber was adopted from the Swiss (Oerlikon) or French (Hispano) via the British
60mm caliber (mortar) was adopted from the French (when we made our first original 60mm weapon we called it the 2.36" Bazooka)
81mm caliber (mortar) was adopted from the French (the British called their 81mm mortars 3-inch)
90mm caliber (gun) was adopted from the French (when we made our first original 90mm weapon we called it the 3.5" Bazooka)
120mm caliber (mortar) was adopted from the French
120mm caliber (field gun) was adopted from the French
105mm caliber (field gun) was adopted from the French
105mm caliber (tank gun) was adopted from the British
120mm caliber (tank gun) was adopted from the British or Germans
155mm caliber (field gun) was adopted from the French
