Recent content by Juha

That is of course true and e.g. Spit, 109 and P-51 had long cooling fluid lines from engine to radiator(s), P-40, Typhoon/Tempest and 190D short. Were 109s shallower but wider radiators more vulnerable than Spit's deeper but narrower radiator(s). IMHO yes but many 109s had the possibility to...

As I wrote, it was a claims of some Brits and so maybe biased but as long as the engine was running the fuel was leaking.

That's true but what I meant was that according to some Brits, DB 601, being a direct injection engine, was more vulnerable to gun fire than a carburettor engine because there was a high pressure fuel line to every cylinder and so the risk of engine fire after being hit was higher.

CloCloZ article have been here earlier, that thread ended with a heated argument between CloCloZ and Soren

From what I have read I'd say that the airframe of 109, except that of initial Fs wasn't flimsy, DB 601/605 didn't like hits (there were exceptions even that) but the airframe itself wasn't flimsy.

IMHO the Germans used unsyncronized engines over Britain because it was believed that it made the pinpointing their exact location by sound locators more difficult.

IMHO the true max speed of the Fw 190A-5 was 656 km/h (407/408 mph), 422 mph was the max speed without compression correction. And at least to the late summer 44 the escorting fighters didn't escort the bombers all the way but worked in relays, so e.g. if there were 600 fighters for escort an...

Hello SR6 again an informative and balanced message as usual. Juha

A few points to the very interesting thread Anson was a fairly good navigator trainer but not very good for pilot training being too nice to fly. Airspeed Oxford was clearly better being much more demanding. IMHO besides the many lean years which had undermined British aviation industry and many...

One more point up to May 1940 British Gov loathed to damage private owned property and that incl. shipping. So only warships and state owned merchant ships were legitime targets. Gov contracted merchant ships were so so... And how could an aircrew to check the ownership of an merchant ship they...

Hello Nuuumannn, really excellent shots of the Faithful Annie! Juha

I cannot answer that from top of my head. Should look the sqn histories and combat reports before being able to verify. Many CC torpedo attacks were made inthe Channel and off Belgian and Netherland coast, at least later on. Those targets would have been in the reach of the Torp Blemheims. On...

Not very surprising, also IJNAF made the same conclusion for their land based medium bombers and used it in 1941-42.

Hello Stona thanks for the Blenheim armament link! On FiAF Blenheims, see my messages #5, #10 and #12. From the info in the last one can calculate that most of the six Blenheims of the Bomber Sqn 48 participating that mission carried 860 kg (1896 lb) bombs. Only differences to the RAF...

Situations were different and pilots were different, some played more hazard than others. Both ways could produce extreme successful pilots but odds for survival were better for those more calculating types. But sometimes those charging types were successful e.g. see...