Whilst looking for something else for another thread I found the following pages, taken from from 'The Aeroplane' for17th January 1941 and thought people might like to see.
It is a fairly encyclopedic compilation of every type, even sub-type, expected to be supplied from the USA to the RAF and features side views of each model in British colours, many of which look downright bizarre in retrospect It is interesting, I hope, for several reasons. Of course there are the names allocated to US types by the Air Ministry, some of which never actually saw service, and conversely some which had not been named, ie note there is no 'Dakota' yet, just the possibility of some DC-3's being ordered for British Airways.
There are also claims of aircraft in production for the RAF which were not produced at all, ie Consolidated model 31. It is interesting to see the side profiles of these aircraft in RAF colours, types like the Skyrocket for instance. Anyway I'll let you find your own highlights....sorry for the small size of the text. I thought it was a bit bigger than that
It is a fairly encyclopedic compilation of every type, even sub-type, expected to be supplied from the USA to the RAF and features side views of each model in British colours, many of which look downright bizarre in retrospect It is interesting, I hope, for several reasons. Of course there are the names allocated to US types by the Air Ministry, some of which never actually saw service, and conversely some which had not been named, ie note there is no 'Dakota' yet, just the possibility of some DC-3's being ordered for British Airways.
There are also claims of aircraft in production for the RAF which were not produced at all, ie Consolidated model 31. It is interesting to see the side profiles of these aircraft in RAF colours, types like the Skyrocket for instance. Anyway I'll let you find your own highlights....sorry for the small size of the text. I thought it was a bit bigger than that
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