just watched silver spitfire return to England after prolonged trip around the world on bbc. the mos

Bernhard said:
Reading the crash report, i wonder was it fitted with that Tilly's orifice?
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Here's the full crash report which states the carburettors were the SU anti-g type.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542301dce5274a1317000b69/dft_avsafety_pdf_501355.pdf
"The SU company, in conjunction with the Royal Aircraft Establishment(RAE), developed a modification which led to the 'RAE Anti g Carburettor'. Both carburettors in G-ASKH were found to be of this type."
 
Mosquito, 2 engines. Fighter bomber etc. Made of wood and could carry a larger bomb load than a B17 if I recall. No self defence and could motor on. ???????? P 38 . ?
 
Pushed it n rode it said:
P 38 . ?
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Not much slower and better with the 37 mm cannon but the Dornier Do 335 would have motored by both with Fritz waving out the window.

Major Richard “Ace of Aces” Bong was the highest scoring pilot in the US Air Force, with 40 kills recorded in battle against Japan. Bong scored all his kills in the twin engine Lockheed P 38 Lightning, making him the deadliest twin engine pilot in history.
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My stepfather was also in the Pacific, he said the Americans came back to ice cream, he might have said there were ash trays in the cockpits also.
He was on Hudson's (iirc) out of the Solomons and was still flying in his 60's.
We had some great times in the air.

Shiny fast planes or not, Lest we Forget.
 
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The Spit got the credit the Hurri did the work. The P-47 and the Tiffie did the dangerous air to ground work and the Mustang got the safer dogfighting
job.
Ground attack was a dangerous and thankless mission.
 
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just watched silver spitfire return to England after prolonged trip around the world on bbc. the mos
 
Bernhard said:
Yes that's the one I saw on local news. Thanks for that LAB. One WW2 Mosquito pilot stated that you have to be careful with these planes, as they will bite you back. Reading the crash report, i wonder was it fitted with that Tilly's orifice?
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very clever lady miss shilling. worked at Farnborough. raced bikes and cars. little washer in a carb. who'd have thought. pesky germans kept going into dives
 
Onder said:
The Spit got the credit the Hurri did the work. The P-47 and the Tiffie did the dangerous air to ground work and the Mustang got the safer dogfighting
job.
Ground attack was a dangerous and thankless mission.
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spit got the 109's hurricane got the bombers. more hurricanes too. not putting down the hurricane. was a better gun plat form. but in a dog fight? not a hope. and Sydney camm was probably the greatest military plane designer of all time!
 
The Americans, by necessity, followed the method of the greatest fighter pilot of all time , Erich Hartmann, when he said don't bother with the stick and rudder routine just get in close and fire. Granted, the Mustang could dogfight but most US fighters were heavily armed, sturdy and fast but not agile.
 
Onder said:
The Americans, by necessity, followed the method of the greatest fighter pilot of all time , Erich Hartmann, when he said don't bother with the stick and rudder routine just get in close and fire. Granted, the Mustang could dogfight but most US fighters were heavily armed, sturdy and fast but not agile.
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deadliest. not the greatest. shot down all his victories bar 2 against soviet junk. adolf galland for 1 i'd put forward. von richthofen…. the best the allies had aginst him. and still prevailed. that's without going into battle of Britain pilots of either side or the pacific theatre. propaganda my friend.
 
The job of the fighter pilot is to destroy the enemy. Red Baron always said to kill the pilot. In the end both the Germans and the Japs were short of fully trained pilots. Sure some high scoring pilots lasted the entire war but most did not. It was a tough business.
 
Onder said:
The job of the fighter pilot is to destroy the enemy. Red Baron always said to kill the pilot. In the end both the Germans and the Japs were short of fully trained pilots. Sure some high scoring pilots lasted the entire war but most did not. It was a tough business.
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Most shoot downs occurred after the initial burst(s) killed or wounded the pilot ..... then the maneuvering stopped, and the guy in back had an easy time to rip up the aircraft, and get the kill recorded on his gun cameras.

It must have been terrifying to have a nimble adversary on your tail, flying an outclassed crate.

F4F Wildcats, completely outclassed by the Zero, used a defensive maneuver called the Thatch Weave to stay alive. The Japs never figured out how to nullify the weave, and left them alone.
Slick
 
supposition. how on earth can you surmise the pilot was wounded 1st? ridiculous .could just as easily be sorting out his soiled shorts! hit any part of his hydraulics and nothing works! or in the case of the spifire. pneumatic system.
 
texasSlick said:
Most shoot downs occurred after the initial burst(s) killed or wounded the pilot ..... then the maneuvering stopped, and the guy in back had an easy time to rip up the aircraft, and get the kill recorded on his gun cameras.

It must have been terrifying to have a nimble adversary on your tail, flying an outclassed crate.

F4F Wildcats, completely outclassed by the Zero, used a defensive maneuver called the Thatch Weave to stay alive. The Japs never figured out how to nullify the weave, and left them alone.
Slick
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in the Battle of Britain, pilots learnt to fly with a small amount of rudder applied all the time, thereby slipping sideways a bit, which helped to avoid the enemy fire hitting you....
 
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