Warspite63
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.... I see what you did there...... ;-P
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Viking1066
Major
Beaufighter TF Mk X, UB-E (NE546) of No.455 Sqd firing rockets REDD
Viking1066
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Fairey Swordfish being hoisted aboard HMS Malaya October 1941 REDD
Nice shots!
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
Loading bombs on a Savoia-Marchetti SM 79 Sparviero bomber, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVII, No 28, July 14, 1940.
MiTasol
Captain
That appears to be the same manual I have but scanned from the original. I will add my English translation to that thread.
Viking1066
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Fairey Firefly planes o the deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Eagle REDD
Viking1066
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SBD Dauntless flies over the USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) December 1942 REDD
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
Line-up of Spitfires of RAF No. 65 Squadron, presented by the East India Fund, 15 July 1940.
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syscom3
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Hurricane Mk I of 17 Squadron, which crashed at RAF Debden on 15 July 1940.
Viking1066
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USS LEXINGTON at the fleet concentration, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiian Islands, 16 February 1932.HISN
Viking1066
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Vought O3U-2 Corsair (BUNO 9065) Takes off from USS SARATOGA (CV-3) during the early 1930s. This is the flag aircraft HISN
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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Curious the flame damper so early in the war. Did 17 Sq flew night sorties in early BoB?
Viking1066
Major
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.
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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That's why the metal plate between the exhausts and the cockpit left me baffled.
Seems like early war roundels and day camo but I asóciate the metal plate with latter night fighters and intruders with black camo.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
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.
Hurricanes (and Spitfires) were used at times for night operations, as a necessity, during this period.
I agree my friend. But the image wasn't taken with the kind of the film or printed on the paper type. If it would be the case the yellow outer ring was as dark as the red dot and darker than the blue. The pic was taken with the green filter IMHO. It can be noticed that the yellow ring of the roundel and the blue one and the blue strip of the fin flash is as light as the grass. What is more the green camo spots also were lightened and their layout can't be noticed. Contrary to these colour the red is very dark.
the orthochromatic ....
Zippythehog
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I'm pretty sure that the Hurris were able for night sorties and were manufactured with both day and night in mind. I recon that especially during the BoB ops tempo probably had the mechanics focused on keeping aircraft serviceable. I think also that, since there was a probability of early morning ops (dawn patrolish), they were left undisturbed.
Viking1066
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Walrus MkI FAA 700NAS 9A L2288 catapulted from HMS Warspite with Ark Royal Med 1941-01 ASBIZ
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
Bell XFL Airabonita prototype aircraft in flight, 16 July 1940.
