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06-03-2005, 03:46 PM
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#31 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | It looks almost cute though...almost.  | 
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06-03-2005, 03:49 PM
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#32 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by Nonskimmer It looks almost cute though...almost. | It looks like something you would find at the bottom of a kids toybox! 
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06-03-2005, 05:01 PM
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#33 | | Your ad here. ;)
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Country: | I think it was the B-18 Bolo that was called the "Digby" in Canadian service.
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06-03-2005, 05:06 PM
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#34 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | Eh? We operated those things? 
I'll look into this. I've heard of the Digby, but I honestly don't recall this. Thanks for the tip.  | |
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06-03-2005, 05:09 PM
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#35 | | Your ad here. ;)
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06-03-2005, 05:11 PM
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#36 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | Thanks evan. Only twenty served with the RCAF I see. I wonder which squadron they were with. I'll look into this further.  | |
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06-03-2005, 05:13 PM
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#37 | | Your ad here. ;)
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Country: | It said coastal patrols, I am assuming that was probably Atlantic side. I am glad that we weren't the only ones that had to suffer the indignity of flying those beasts!
It's good side is that is was a development of the Douglas DC-2, which became the DC-3/C-47
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06-03-2005, 05:20 PM
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#38 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | Apparently the RCAF Digbys served with No. 10 (BR) squadron operating out of my local area, and were eventually replaced with Liberators. They even killed a U-boat. "Like their American counterparts, the RCAF Digbys were also employed on maritime reconnaissance missions to counter the U-boat menace. The Canadian Digbys are credited with one U-boat kill. This was U-520 which was sunk on October 3, 1942 by Digby #757 PB-K of 10 (BR) Squadron operating out of Dartmouth (Halifax, Nova Scotia). By mid-1943, the RCAF Digbys had been superceded by Liberator GR. Vs in the anti-submarine role," http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b18.html | |
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06-03-2005, 07:02 PM
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#39 | | Your ad here. ;)
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06-03-2005, 07:58 PM
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#40 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | DIGBY - BOLO WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE 
Hey, but it did sink a SUB (I hate those things ya know!  ).
Picture this; You're a suave pilot in a nightclub, 1943, you go up to a beautiful gal just admiring your two-tone USAAF uniform with those shinny silver wings, or your stunning blue RCAF uniform with those gorgeous bullion wings, and say "I fly a Digby," or "I fly a Bolo." 
IF YOU WERE HER, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY!
Now I know why pilots lie! 
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06-03-2005, 08:18 PM
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06-03-2005, 08:45 PM
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#42 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ DIGBY - BOLO WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE
Hey, but it did sink a SUB (I hate those things ya know! ).
Picture this; You're a suave pilot in a nightclub, 1943, you go up to a beautiful gal just admiring your two-tone USAAF uniform with those shinny silver wings, or your stunning blue RCAF uniform with those gorgeous bullion wings, and say "I fly a Digby," or "I fly a Bolo."
IF YOU WERE HER, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY!
Now I know why pilots lie! | Well, at least the RCAF guy can say "I got a U-boat".
Hey SeaNorris, where was that first pic taken? I'm just curious. Officially we're supposed to provide sources with our pics too. Remember that please. | |
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06-04-2005, 12:42 AM
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| Thats what Id fly, the Brewster Buffalo. It was a wierd aircraft, with its unique belly window and its odd landing gear, that I believe has a little bit of an undeserved reputation. Most of the Buffalo's bad reputation comes from accounts of Marines flying the Buffalo during the Japanese invasion of Midway. Most accounts state that the main reason the Buffalo was outdone was basically because the Marines were using WWI dogfighting tactics against the Zero. Since the Zero could simply turn inside the Buffalo they were dead meat.
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06-04-2005, 10:26 AM
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#44 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Yep - Agreed. It would seem like a cool aircraft to train in which many pilots did after the "Midway Massacre."
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06-04-2005, 10:44 AM
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| Another dud that I wouldn't mind flying would be the Blenhiem fighter. The idea was sound enough but who had the idea of putting the guns in a drag inducing dustbin should have been shot.
It would have been simple enough to put them in the nose. The weight should have been OK as the plane was designed to have a bombaimer in the nose who wouldn't have been needed.
A variation would be what to do with a plane that was a dud. In this catagory I think we could have made a half decent GA plane out of the Defiant. Take the turret out and put in a 'normal' back seat gunner saving the weight of the turret, which I think was around 800Ibs (open to comment as thats a long gone memory). It should have been possible to put some guns in the wings and there you have it. A close to 300 mph GA plane which was something that we didn't have until many years later.
Not ideal I admit, but better than trying to use Blenhiems with one forward firing LMG. | |
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