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Can't see any smoke .................
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I've seen a cropped version the photograph, so I can see it. Look for the "haze"on either side of the sun reflection.It looks like grayscale discoloration.
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Still can't see any smoke, but I can see detail of the armour plate, and the rear radio 'shelf' etc., which appera as 'lines' down each side of the canopy.
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Schräge Musik (Slanted music) was a nasty way of surprising RAF bomebr crews in WW2.
Luftwaffe junkers Ju 88G night fighter varients (G-6 as depicted here) is a versatile and an effective weapons platform in intercepting and destroying RAF bombers, sharing most of the casualties of RAF bomber command with other night fighters and AAA barriges.
powered by two 1,750hp Jumo 213A engines
Usually armed with a configuration of four 20mm MG FF cannon pod under the fuselage or from ventral fairing and two 20mm MG 151/20 firing obliquely upward in Schräge Musik installation. The intecpetion was achieved by a combination of ground control radar and on board FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN-2 radar, After the NJG pilot following radar observer's directions he acquires the target visually which is a darker silhouette either blotting out the stars or against paler sky or high cloud. It presented the biggest possible target and reflected any light from searchlights, ground fires. Then positioning for the kill with the bomber 65° to 70° above the fighter and the Luftwaffe's guns were so effective that the night fighter usually had to get out of the way very fast!
Even with the Monica beam that fitted to the tail of many RAF Lancasters and Halifax this elusive killer was something hard to beat.
Good stuff!
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BRISTOL 138A facebook and ebay
PLANE CPL BRISTOL 138A - HIGH ALTITUDE RESEARCH PLANE (ONLY 1 BUILT).
PIC 1 - Look and Learn Mag 1976-01-03 - ART BY WILF HARDY.
PIC 2 - Popular Mechanics Mag 1937-01 - ART BY G H DAVIS.
PIC 3 - ART BY PRATT - FLIGHT MAGAZINE
The Bristol Type 138 High Altitude Monoplane was a British high-altitude research aircraft developed and produced by the Bristol Aeroplane Company during the 1930's. It holds the distinction of setting nine separate altitude world records, the ultimate of these occurring on 30 June 1937, during a 2¼-hour flight flown by Flight Lieutenant M.J. Adam, in which he achieved a record altitude, which was later homologated by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale as having attained a maximum altitude of 53,937 ft (16,440 m).
As flown, the Type 138 was a single-engine, low-wing monoplane with a fixed, tail wheel undercarriage. From the outset it was designed as a dedicated research aircraft capable of reaching high altitudes; aeronautical engineer Frank Barnwell had first proposed the design to the British Air Ministry during November 1933. The revised design was produced in response to the issuing of Specification 2/34 by the Air Ministry during June 1934. The specification, which called for a pair of prototypes, sought an aircraft that would be capable of achieving the unheard-of altitude of 50,000 feet; it had been issued in response to public pressure in favour of government sponsoring of such record attempts.
In addition to Bristol's own work on the Type 138, the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) and National Physical Laboratory also made valuable contributions to the development effort on designing the type. On 11 May 1936, the Type 138A performed its maiden flight, piloted by Cyril Uwins. On 28 September 1936, Squadron Leader F.R.D. Swain set a new world record altitude record, having climbed to an indicated altitude of 51,000 ft (15,440 m), which was homologated as 49,967 ft (15,230 m). After this milestone, research flights continued, along with further attempts to break the altitude record. Further development of the aircraft after the first record-breaking flight led to a series of small modifications being implemented. The last record-breaking flight was flown on 30 June 1937. A second aircraft, designated as the Type 138B, was ordered in 1935 but work on it was abandoned during 1937 without ever having flown.
PLANE CPL BRISTOL 138A - HIGH ALTITUDE RESEARCH PLANE (ONLY 1 BUILT).
PIC 1 - Look and Learn Mag 1976-01-03 - ART BY WILF HARDY.
PIC 2 - Popular Mechanics Mag 1937-01 - ART BY G H DAVIS.
PIC 3 - ART BY PRATT - FLIGHT MAGAZINE
The Bristol Type 138 High Altitude Monoplane was a British high-altitude research aircraft developed and produced by the Bristol Aeroplane Company during the 1930's. It holds the distinction of setting nine separate altitude world records, the ultimate of these occurring on 30 June 1937, during a 2¼-hour flight flown by Flight Lieutenant M.J. Adam, in which he achieved a record altitude, which was later homologated by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale as having attained a maximum altitude of 53,937 ft (16,440 m).
As flown, the Type 138 was a single-engine, low-wing monoplane with a fixed, tail wheel undercarriage. From the outset it was designed as a dedicated research aircraft capable of reaching high altitudes; aeronautical engineer Frank Barnwell had first proposed the design to the British Air Ministry during November 1933. The revised design was produced in response to the issuing of Specification 2/34 by the Air Ministry during June 1934. The specification, which called for a pair of prototypes, sought an aircraft that would be capable of achieving the unheard-of altitude of 50,000 feet; it had been issued in response to public pressure in favour of government sponsoring of such record attempts.
In addition to Bristol's own work on the Type 138, the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) and National Physical Laboratory also made valuable contributions to the development effort on designing the type. On 11 May 1936, the Type 138A performed its maiden flight, piloted by Cyril Uwins. On 28 September 1936, Squadron Leader F.R.D. Swain set a new world record altitude record, having climbed to an indicated altitude of 51,000 ft (15,440 m), which was homologated as 49,967 ft (15,230 m). After this milestone, research flights continued, along with further attempts to break the altitude record. Further development of the aircraft after the first record-breaking flight led to a series of small modifications being implemented. The last record-breaking flight was flown on 30 June 1937. A second aircraft, designated as the Type 138B, was ordered in 1935 but work on it was abandoned during 1937 without ever having flown.
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As the Ki-67s of IJA 7th and 98th flight squadrons were under the command of IJN 762nd air corps since February 1944 as torpedo bombers, it could have been possible for them to carry the Ohkas in my shallow knowledge.
Hiryu of IJA 98th flight squadrons aka IJN Yasukuni.
Hiryu of IJA 98th flight squadrons aka IJN Yasukuni.
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Did they ever use the hybrid-jet powered Ohka in combat?
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They had no chance as the first test flight of model 22 was on August 12, 1945.
I remember reading somewhere, not exactly , that Doolittle told his copilot he was worried that that he was going to be court martialed for failing to have delivered the bombers to the Chinese air force. Instead he gets the CMH. Surprise!
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