What a coincidence. Yesterday I stopped during my cycling ride, to visit the monument, close to the Amsterdam Harbour, where the Lancaster JB 657 crashed. It was shot by the German night fighter ace Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer on its return flight from a mission over Berlin. The aircraft crashed on a farm house. The crew consisted of 2 Australian, 2 Canadian and 3 British airmen. All airmen and 6 civilians in the farm house were killed.
The monument consists of a propeller on a pedestal and two small walls. One wall points to Berlin, the other to East Kirkby. Behind the walls there are 13 trees, one for every person who died.
Just one small monument, but it tells quite a story.
Huub
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don't you agree?
abd Nieuport 17
Stuart Green's SPAD S.7
Craig "full" Richardson's Dewoitine D.510
Restauravia's Bloch MB.152
Dewoitine D.520 by Jean-Marie Mermaz
The Mystère IV A by Restauravia
Mirage IIIE by J.E Narcizo (repaint by l'iguane)
Mirage F1 by Kirk Olsson
Roland Laborie's Mirage 2000 (repaint by l'iguane)
The VPA Rafale C (Repaint again by l'iguane)
Cheers,
Huub
You've missed the Nieuport by Michel Migaud, & the Restauravia Sud-Aviation Vautour ( and possibly a couple of others)
Ttfn
Pete
It wasn't my intention to give a complete overview. So I made a selection. But The Morane-Saulnier MS.406 should perhaps have been in this overview. And the twin engined Potez 630 and perhaps the Breguet 690, although you could argue whether this is a real fighter, but the code C3 stood for "Chasseur triplace".
But what I tried to show was that the French fighter had a recognisable look over the years. And in their own way even looked quite pretty. Something which can't exactly be said about their bombers in most cases......
Cheers,
Huub
This version by Narcizo (same guy who did the awesome Mirage III) in my opion is much better than the PAD one.
https://simviation.com/1/download-fi...p&fileId=42571
Alex
Brisbane, Australia
Thank you for the link! I will put it to the test asap!
Two French fighters I thought I should add...
The Super-Mystère
And the Morane Saulnier MS.406
The CFS2 model by Thicko
And the CFS2 model by Andrew C. Wai
And than I had the feeling I needed to fly something completely different. But also a real FS2004 gem!
The Long Island Classic Christen Eagle II
Cheers,
Huub
Huub, I was goofing around with that Eagle last month and added the chrome spinner and a US reg. on the tail.![]()
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Hello Bernard, the scenery zip file name is "gr20_orbetello.zip" which I found at the old Flightsim site.
At the new Flightsim, search "Idroscalo Airfield" and it should show up to download.
The scenery was made by Antonio Guarnera and was designed to work with Ultimate Terrain Europe
which I don't have. I remember having to make some adjustments to level the lagoon.
Best Regards,
John
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