"Obsolete" planes still dishing it out (1 Viewer)

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One even managed to destroy a Zero

It was a Ki-43 Oscar. The Defiant didn't reach obsolescence until 1942. The Gladiator in 1940. Regia Aeronautica Fiat BR-20s and CR-42s over Britain in 1940.
 
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If we're including post war aircraft, then the Avro Vulcan. Carried out the longest attack yet known, in 1982, after cobbling together parts locally made, grabbed back from museums or foraged in dusty corners of some Stores Unit.
 
If we're including post war aircraft, then the Avro Vulcan. Carried out the longest attack yet known, in 1982, after cobbling together parts locally made, grabbed back from museums or foraged in dusty corners of some Stores Unit.

One vital part of the refueling system was being used as an ashtray in the Officers Mess at RAF Marham and the Delco inertial navigation system had to be borrowed off British Airways who fortunately had enough spares in stock with the withdrawal of the VC10 fleet. The best bodge was the Westinghouse ECM pod mounting welded up from mild steel girders that luckily made up a perfect mounting to bolt to the never used Skybolt pylon fixings.

Britain might not be the best at many things these days but we are still the World Champs at bodging things together to make things work in a hurry :lol:
 
Polikarpov PO2 – a nighttime raider nicknamed the Nahmaschine (Sewing Machine) by German troops for the loud rhythmic clattering of its engine.
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The best bodge was the Westinghouse ECM pod mounting welded up from mild steel girders that luckily made up a perfect mounting to bolt to the never used Skybolt pylon fixings.

The Pye pylon, after Sqn Ldr Chris Pye at Waddington, also used by XM597 to carry the AGM-45 Shrike missiles. The Dash Ten pods were not carried on the anti-radar raids. XM597 did the weapons trials for laser guided bombs and Martels at Aberporth, dropped from its pylons, neither of which were used in the war.
 
Polikarpov PO2 – a nighttime raider nicknamed the Nahmaschine (Sewing Machine) for the loud rhythmic clattering of its engine by German troops.
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i think they are still making them to sell...or was that the i-153? the PO-2 would be a fun plane to fly...
 
nicknamed the Nahmaschine (Sewing Machine) for the loud rhythmic clattering of its engine by German troops.

Kukuruzhnik, 'cockroach' in Russian, in production and used in Korea, where it did the same job. The second most mass produced aeroplane in history that should receive far more recognition than it does.
 
....how about the DC-3?
Didn't they have armed versions in Vietnam?
 
Kept the Finns warm and happy up there around Leningrad.

The Finns do not fly around in Leningrad at all. They had an absolute prohibition on flying over the city.
And also the Karelian Isthmus was not used in the MS 406 aircraft at all.
Planes operate mainly in East Karelia, north of Ladoga.
According to Wikipedia (Goole translator) "In Finland, Colonel Richard Lorentz suggested to move the machine out of the use of frontline due to large losses as early as September 1942. Presentation related to improvement proposals led to the Bogey-Moraneen."
Military Analysis: Mörkö-Morane.
 
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