Warspite63
Staff Sergeant
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- Dec 8, 2022
.... I see what you did there...... ;-P
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.... I see what you did there...... ;-PYes I was Russian to get them posted before it got too late.
Beriev MBR-2 Prototype Date 1932 WIKI
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Unfortunately, I don't have any reference materials for the UTK-1. However, someone offered a scan of the manual somewhere on a forum- I'll try to find out whether the offer is still valid. Perhaps, a scan of the manual was posted once by Snautzer01 in the Li-2 thread.
Curious the flame damper so early in the war. Did 17 Sq flew night sorties in early BoB?
That's why the metal plate between the exhausts and the cockpit left me baffled.No. 17 Squadron RAF did not fly night sorties during the early Battle of Britain. They were a fighter squadron equipped with Hawker Hurricanes, a fighter designed for daytime interception. Their role during the early part of the Battle of Britain was to fly defensive patrols and fighter sweeps over Southern England.
The fuselage roundel has the broad yellow outer ring - orthochromatic film used has changed the overall tones.
Hurricanes (and Spitfires) were used at times for night operations, as a necessity, during this period.