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USAAF P-40Fs tarking off the USS Chenango (CVE-28) North Africa November 1942 REDD

Viking1066 said:

USAAF P-40Fs tarking off the USS Chenango (CVE-28) North Africa November 1942 REDD
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I love the shots of AAF planes taking off from carriers.

Viking1066 said:

North American B-25D Mitchell Mk.2PT 418 Sqn AIRH

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This particular a/c is a B-25D-1 s/n 41-29886, completed in November 1942 in the Kansas factory of NAA and modified in the same factory (mod centre) as a F-10. During WWII this a/c was with 1st Photographic Group in West Africa and in Eritrea as a photo-recce plane. In 1946 after delivery to Canada 891 was assigned to No. 13 (Photographic) Squadron RCAF at Rockcliffe (Ottawa) still in the F-10 configuration.

One of the following 3 F-10 could be the above one:

Here's a detail of the nose of s/n 894 in the same configuration. 894 is a B-25D-1, s/n 41-29877, just a few serials before 891.

The conversion we see in the initially posted photo known as a PT (pilot trainer) was done in Canada in 1952. HO 891 from the 418th Aux. Squadron was in Namao RCAF base, Alberta.
Check the original flat carburetor intakes (for Holley) and not the high scoops (for Bendix Stomberg) as seen on many post-war B-25. The single exhaust for the top 7 cylinders, replacing the S-stacks is also of Canadian design. The blackened nose section is the original glazing of the B-25 bomber version and not as seen with the Hayes post-war modifications, known as TB-25L and N or with the Hughes modifications, known as TB-25K or M.
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Bretoal2 said:

It seems to me that the Typhoon wasn't a direct descendant of the Tornado, but a parallel concept, with Hawker presenting two variants, a Vulture-powered one and a Sabre-powered one. The development of one benefited the other : the Tornado had been designed with a ventral radiator which was found to disrupt airflow over the tail fin, and it subsequently received a "chin" radiator, as originally designed for the Typhoon, on which it proved satisfactory.

The photo, incidentally, shows the Tornado in its ultimate state, with this modification.

The Tornado program was canceled by the end of August 1941, a month after Rolls-Royce had announced to stop Vulture development. The first production Typhoon had already rolled off the assembly line at the end of May.

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Short vid about the Tornado:


View: https://youtu.be/DFVEiibL2IU?si=FQRv0mbIpgtlYR7L

I like this channel. If he substitutes images of similar aircraft but not the subject, he mentions it or displays a graphic saying so.

the pic source: the net.

The graduation picture of the first class of No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School at Sky Harbour,
Ontario. This is part of the Imperial Training Scheme, and these men now are all RAF pilots. 10 December 1940.

Pilots of No 312 (Czechoslovakian) Squadron RAF mock a scramble after receiving an alert
at RAF Duxford in December 1940. The Czech fourth in line has been identified as Sgt Jan Truhlář.

Two Czech pilots watching colleagues take to the air in their Hurricanes, 10th December 1940.