Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (3 Viewers)

[Glider]

Well, I understand that there were actual victories scored by Ansons that inspired this box art?

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At this point the Brits will chime in and assure us that Ansons scored 324 confirmed victories over Luftwaffe fighters and were the scourge of the skies until the jet age. I especially like how that single .303 machine guns is blowing the Wulf's gear right out of the wing.

Just like the deadly Boulton Paul Defiant.

And the problem is what?

 

[tyrodtom]

And the problem is what?

Even though that's just box art, I don't think that was intended to be a "wulf" the other EAs are Japanese.

 

[Viking1066]

RAAF Avro Anson-A4-5 formation flight over Richmond-Sydney NSW Australia ASBIZ

 

[Snautzer01]

Even though that's just box art, I don't think that was intended to be a "wulf" the other EAs are Japanese.

Zoom in. No Japanese. Balkenkreuz

Optimistic art. I grand you that

 

[MIflyer]

Even though that's just box art, I don't think that was intended to be a "wulf" the other EAs are Japanese.

You're not aware of the Crittondon Raid on Tokyo by Ansons in September of 1942?

Or that the Doolittle Raid of April 1942 resulted in a rushed delivery of FW-190A to Japan?

Our Educational System is in a shambles!

 

[MIflyer]

It also looks like EP has a C wing with 4 cannons and AR a C wing with 2?

It was apparently common practice to equip Spits bound for Malta with BOTH four 20MM AND four .303 guns. It was a way of providing spares. And they stuffed the ammo boxes with every kind of tool and spare part they could cram in there.

 

[Wurger]

Also, different propellers. AR525 has a de Havilland and EP965 has the Rotol.

It also looks like EP has a C wing with 4 cannons and AR a C wing with 2?

The AR 525 was the Westland built Spitfire while the EP 965 was the Vickers-Armstrong one. Both were built as a part of the Vb / Vc batches. For the AR 525 it was the Contract B124305/40 , the first order and the no. B981687/39/C.23(C), the fourth order for the EP965. The EP 965 was of Vb trop series and the AR 525 of the Vc/Vc trop one. And indeed the Westalnd factory mounted the De Havilland props for their Spitfire Mk.Vb/c.

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai Toryu of the 21st Sentai landing gear service Sumatra 1943

 

[Viking1066]

P-38H Lightning 8AF 55FG338FS CGJ R Texas Ranger mission Oct 1943 ASBIZ

 

[Zippythehog]

The AR 525 was the Westland built Spitfire while the EP 965 was the Vickers-Armstrong one. Both were built as a part of the Vb / Vc batches. For the Ar 525 it was the Contract no. B981687/39/C.23(C) and the B124305/40 for the EP965. The EP 965 was of Vb trop series and the AR 525 of the Vc/Vc trop one. And indeed the Westalnd factory mounted the De Havilland props for their Spitfire Mk.Vb/c.

BTW-where did you get that information on the contract number and manufacturer?

 

[Wurger]

BTW-where did you get that information on the contract number and manufacturer?

The SAM Publications Modellers Datafile Part 1: Merlin Powered by Rober Humphreys.

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima A2N2 'Hokoku-14' IJN Kaga July 1935 BURI

 

[Viking1066]

Bristol Blenheim RAF 114Sqn based at RAF Wyton 1937 ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima Ki-49 New Guinea 1943 DEKI

 

[Viking1066]

Spitfires being rearmed England ASBIZ

 

[MIflyer]

Now here is a really neat shot I scanned from the Beaufighter book I have been reading, of two aircraft you normally do not associate together. They used Spitfire escorts for hitting ships near Holland and Mustangs for Norway and other longer range targets. And they had a little problem with their escorts. The Beaus were careful to use radio silence on the way in, to keep from alerting the Germans. But the fighter pilots were less careful, especially the Poles and Americans; they WANTED enemy fighters in the air when they got to the target area! In any case I think it is an AWESOME picture!

 

[Viking1066]

Kawasaki Ki-48-I 16th Sentai, 1st Chutai outside Nanking Castle summer 1943 DEKI

 

[Viking1066]

Avro Anson I RAF Coastal Command 503 Sqn YGF on patrol over the Channel 1940 ASBIZ

 

[MIflyer]

From the book "Meatballs and Dead Birds"

 

[Viking1066]

Naakajima B5N1s from Kasumigaura Ku 1939-1940 PHGA