vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
What a powerful picture, thanks for posting that one.
Picture of the day. (13 Viewers)
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A4K
Brigadier General
Great shots guys!
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Crimea_River
Marshal
Laundry detail was less of a big deal.
N4521U
Plastic Pirate
It's a brand spankin new Corsair as well.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Brave guys aboard that Sherman, grabbing the electrical wires like that....
fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
Business end of the Westland Whirlwind
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
now with a ruined seat...............
Glider
Major
looks like a reassuring lump of armour in front of the 20mm magazines. I think I am right when I say that the Whirlwind was the first RAF fighter to have armour in its original design and it shows
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Very cool!
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
The crew of a Marmon-Herrington armoured car investigate the burning wreckage of a German fighter, Libya, 8 June 1942.
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Dunno if that's a Hurricane, the cowling has a slight rise to it as it passes back from the spinner, the Hurri had a flat upper cowling...
Really hard to be 100% sure because of the picture quality
Really hard to be 100% sure because of the picture quality
Gotta remember its on the deck and on fire, also the windscreen is on a jaunty angle, but look at the wing profile as well. The welded steel tube structure aft of the cockpit is a give away. As for the nose, the location of the exhausts is closest to the Hurricane than any other type, certainly any German one, look how high they are up the cowl. Definitely not German. Sticking with Hurricane.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Yep, it's a Hurricane, fitted with a De Havilland prop and metal wings. Not only do the exhausts give a clue, but the shape of the cowling, sloping down to the prop, and, of course, the tubular frame fuselage construction, especially the shape of the latter around the cockpit area. The wooden formers and stringers have burned off, along with the fabric covering, giving at a totally different appearance to what one would expect to see.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Looking at the photo on the computer and not the ipad, I'll agree about the Hurri...
I still say it's a crappy photo, too! The photographer could have done a much better job for us!
I still say it's a crappy photo, too! The photographer could have done a much better job for us!
