 | Whats this???| Aviation Discuss Whats this??? in the World War II - Aviation forums; O.K. Ignore the big ugly '219. Look to the right of the port landing gear. Anyone know what kind ... |
|
02-07-2005, 03:03 PM
|
#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hattiesburg,Ms
Posts: 190
Country:  | Whats this???
O.K. Ignore the big ugly '219. Look to the right of the port landing gear. Anyone know what kind of airplane is that??It looks like a Tiffy and a Jug put together...
__________________ The Spits got nothing on this...  | 
|  | |
02-07-2005, 03:05 PM
|
#2 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country:  | Arado Ar-396 if im not mistaken?
__________________  with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 03:39 PM
|
#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nicholson, PA
Posts: 673
Country: | Thats definately not a -396....
__________________  | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 03:43 PM
|
#4 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country: | Fair enough 
__________________ with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 03:57 PM
|
#5 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nicholson, PA
Posts: 673
Country: | Thats got me stumped.....it looks like it has the wings of a Spitfire, the canopy of a Firefly, the tail of some kind of Miles...
__________________ | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 03:59 PM
|
#6 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country: | Could be a Miles M.20?
__________________ with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 03:59 PM
|
#7 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
Posts: 12,713
Country: | There appears to be some kind of white pod underneath. Could this be some kind of radar for a night fighter?
__________________  http://www.vg-photo.com Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda. | 
| | |
02-07-2005, 04:30 PM
|
#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nicholson, PA
Posts: 673
Country: | Could that be a Firefly? 
__________________ | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 04:36 PM
|
#9 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
Posts: 12,713
Country: | That's the best guess I have seen, JCS. It does look like that.
__________________ http://www.vg-photo.com Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda. | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 04:41 PM
|
#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nicholson, PA
Posts: 673
Country: | Thats probably it, its even got that little pod thing underneath... 
__________________ | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 08:30 PM
|
#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 134
| Yep, that's a Firefly, all right. Now who knows what that is beyond the 219's nose gear? | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 09:08 PM
|
#12 | | Forum Politruk
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bristol, UK
Posts: 2,406
Country:  | I'd say that was a Whirlwind meself..... | |
| | |
02-07-2005, 11:49 PM
|
#13 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 180
| I vote that thing is a radar pod, Its because I have some pictures of some SAAB S 18A that been modificated whit radar pods and it have similarly shape and size as the one thats on the Fulmar. | |
| | |
02-08-2005, 10:23 AM
|
#14 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield
Posts: 3,001
Country:  | The other planes could be Vultee Vengeance dive-bombers
__________________ 
When you realise that the light at the end of the tunnel is actually an oncoming train, you know it's time to run for your life | |
| | |
02-08-2005, 10:42 AM
|
#15 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 12,057
Country: | Whirlwind or Wyvren
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004  To those in that club. | |
| | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:24 AM. | | |
