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This is Hurricane Mk.I L1723 FT-N, F/O Patrick Folkes, No.111 Sqn Royal Air Force, RAF Acklington, February 1940.
Just uploaded.
This is Hurricane Mk.I L1723 FT-N, F/O Patrick Folkes, No.111 Sqn Royal Air Force, RAF Acklington, February 1940.
Just uploaded.
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And this one is perhaps a bit less predictable. South Africa received a total of seven early Mk.I Hurricanes in the Spring of 1939.
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cool keep em comin
They look fantastic!!!!!
Thank you! They aren't as detailed as they might be, but they'll do.
Here's the next one, from No.11 Group Pilot Pool at Sutton Bridge. It's been fitted with a 3-blade airscrew, although it still has 'rag' wings.
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And another, from No.73 Sqn this time.
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Luv the look of yaller but...
why'd they DO dat?? Its not a target tug, izzit?
(never underestimate one's own ability to select an inappropriate smiley)
Type conversion aircraft. Target tugs had equal width diagonal black and yellow bars.Originally Posted by popsaka
why'd they DO dat?? Its not a target tug, izzit?
(never underestimate one's own ability to select an inappropriate smiley
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Beautifull!
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Thanks!
Next one, this time from the Air Component:
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Awesome work!!!
L2047 square patch beneath the "H"?
Just a patch... Not sure why, or why the code is painted over what appears to be an otherwise unpainted patch.
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And another...
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Love your clouds, ndicki! Are they stock ETO or ported over from another sim?
Bit of this, bit of that - imported from MAW, ETO and OFF... no idea what's what! But cloud sliders on... 3?
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Bored yet? This one's from France in 1939. The interest, other than the Squadron markings, lies in the Gloster factory-applied pre-war roundels. It took Glosters until the middle of 1940 to start using the duller colours introduced at the time of the Munich crisis.
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Nope, not bored yet! These are lovely Nigel, can't have too many.
Good to know! There are a few more yet...
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Bored?... not bl**dy likely as Hurries have always been me favorites.
...and thanx for doing a 'nut-job' 85 squadron a/c. Somehow I feel a certain kinship there!
ps: Do you know their stats whilst posted in France... skirmishes, which airfield(s), when
and why they split back to jolly old, who their fearless squadron leader wuz and anything
else you may think of... Oh, maybe a link?
Thanks in advance and cheers
Great! I love the research and detail you put into them - patches, finishes, wrong color paint at certain factories - fantastic! Do you have any Belgians in the line-up?
Oh by the way, in your research, what would you say was the predominant variant of the Hurricane in the BoF? I've seen rag wings with the two-bladed fixed pitch and with three bladed props. (were those the two speed or the constant speed?) When did the metal skinned wings start to arrive?
Really the only type for BOB was the metal-winged version, including many earlier rag-wing ones which had been refitted. The metal wing was introduced in April 1939, although few were actually available until a year later. Equally, the fixed-pitch Watts propellor was phased out well before the BOB started, so it's De Havilland variable-pitch props with rounded spinners, although some aircraft did have pointed spinners. The slightly longer constant-speed Rotol spinner came in late 1940/early 1941 really, so that's out for the real battle. Propellors were replaced before wings, so a rag-wing with a three-blade variable pitch prop is common enough until May 1940 but no later, but no metal-wing Hurricane ever had a two-blade prop. Hope that helps!
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Haven't really got around to them yet, but you never know...
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Could start here:Bored?... not bl**dy likely as Hurries have always been me favorites.
...and thanx for doing a 'nut-job' 85 squadron a/c. Somehow I feel a certain kinship there!
ps: Do you know their stats whilst posted in France... skirmishes, which airfield(s), when
and why they split back to jolly old, who their fearless squadron leader wuz and anything
else you may think of... Oh, maybe a link?
Thanks in advance and cheers
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/85_squadron.html
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