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Forum: Military Aviation

13th Jul 2015, 18:33

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Spits and Mossies only?

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Posted By Pontius Navigator

TotD, I excepted these as, like the Kittihawk,...

TotD, I excepted these as, like the Kittihawk, Hudson, Mustang, Mitchell, Maraurder, B17, these were not part of British aircraft production.

Of course there was also the Merlin engine,...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jul 2015, 13:30

Replies: 86

Spits and Mossies only?

Views: 16,473

Posted By Pontius Navigator

Apart from getting more kills than the Spitfire,...

Apart from getting more kills than the Spitfire, what were the two force numbers kills per aircraft?

The aircraft had a better track width than the Spit. 2x40 mm cannon was something else.

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jul 2015, 08:56

Replies: 86

Spits and Mossies only?

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Posted By Pontius Navigator

Anyway, other than the Spit and Mossie, what...

Anyway, other than the Spit and Mossie, what other aircraft were essential?

We have mentioned the Lanc and Sunderland, was the Halifax essential or should more Lancs have been built?

What of...

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Jul 2015, 21:01

Replies: 86

Spits and Mossies only?

Views: 16,473

Posted By Pontius Navigator

Innominate, what you say would be true for a...

Innominate, what you say would be true for a steady state peacetime force, for example the Typhoon force requires half the number of aircrew compared to the Tornado force (simplistically).

Now...

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Jul 2015, 17:12

Replies: 86

Spits and Mossies only?

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Posted By Pontius Navigator

On striping down and streamlining, how about the...

On striping down and streamlining, how about the Wellington?

IIRC a Wellington achieved an altitude of 42,000ft. It wouldn't have been very fast but it would have made the Luftwaffe' s eyes...

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Jul 2015, 13:19

Replies: 86

Spits and Mossies only?

Views: 16,473

Posted By Pontius Navigator

While a 10% attrition would be 10 losses per 100...

While a 10% attrition would be 10 losses per 100 and 100 per thousand, it was never that simple.

Defence saturation reduces the number of potential successful attacks so the loss rate reduces as...

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Jul 2015, 12:21

Replies: 86

Spits and Mossies only?

Views: 16,473

Posted By Pontius Navigator

Over 13,500 Halifax and Lancaster and 6,700 were...

Over 13,500 Halifax and Lancaster and 6,700 were built. Now assuming fewer heavies and more light bombers were built what might that mean?

Swop the numbers around. You could have had 1,000...

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Jul 2015, 08:45

Replies: 86

Spits and Mossies only?

Views: 16,473

Posted By Pontius Navigator

And that was a Russian strength in the Cold War....

And that was a Russian strength in the Cold War. Never throw anything away.

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Jul 2015, 16:43

Replies: 86

Spits and Mossies only?

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Posted By Pontius Navigator

What that argument overlooks is the Mozzie didn't...

What that argument overlooks is the Mozzie didn't arrive till 1942 and the Lanc likewise.

If the choice was limited to extant aircraft in 1940, what if the Wimpy or Whirlwind?

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