Francis marliere
Airman
- 72
- Aug 9, 2004
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not really he just did not operate A/C during combat conditions so his judgement was and still is not sound.........
It was discovered in the 60s iirc that the Fw-190D-9 that Brown evaluated, which formed the entire basis of all western appreciation on the combat performance of Doras, wasn't a D-9 at all but a D-12 with a completely different engine fitment. It was much rarer, hand assembled and reflected neither the build quality nor the performance and character of most Doras that fought. For a start the D-12 was fitted with an extremely complicated multiple stage and automatically geared blower system with a throttle altitude boost and an emergency overboost facility, all weather pilot equipment (radio navigation and other new technologies), it was a very well equipped and futuristic fighter, very much like the sort of specification you'd expect from a piston fighter-bomber in Korea era, like an F4U-4 or a Seafury.
Britain produced more Spitfire MkVs then any other version and quite a few were still in front line service during 1944. I've always wondered about that decision. Weren't they out classed by most German and many Italian fighter aircraft by 1943? Did the older MkVs get sent to the Pacific?
The F4U-4 began combat operations in May, 1945, probably not very long after the Fw-190D-12 would have.very much like the sort of specification you'd expect from a piston fighter-bomber in Korea era, like an F4U-4
No need for that, as long as you have a W.Nr., some visual clues one knows what engine it came with. For example all of the Mtt-Reg W.Nr.130 XXX batches came with the DB 605DB/DC (no DB 605/ASC or ASB were used). DB 605DB, standard MW-50 equipment, 1850PS, B4 fuel or the DB 605DC, standard MW-50 equipment, 2000PS, C3 fuel. Erla W.Nr.490 000 – 490 800 many came with the DB 605/ASBM or ASC(M) engines, etc., etc.. This was due to a temporary lack of DB 605D engines. Erla/WNF used alot of subplants to maufacture thier still continuing G-series right to the end of the war. After Mtt-Reg(Main) produced thier G-10's, they solely concentrated on K-series production and we know they only came with the DB 605D series engines. Going down the line we also know that G-1 through G-6 Came with the DB 605AB(m), DB 605AC(m), DB 605/ASB(m) or ASC(m) and finally, the DB 605AC with GM-1.At Luftwaffe Experten you know what they do? They research individual tail numbers and say they can't give any premature conclusions on performance specification or equipment fit until the research on its specific tail number is completed.