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And... A Luftwaffe FW 206 and an RCAF Martin Baker Raven dogfighting over southern England, 10th June, 1946... This image is Photoshopped

In other news there is a new update to the Drake's Drum website which includes the addition of password accessible content. It consists of Annex 19, which is a complete Drake's Drum timeline and an Interlude chapter which was an attempt at comic relief, but didn't really propel the plot...

Colour! Here are the FW 281 A2 and the Ta 152K in colour! These are the aircraft in post 3 and 25 of this thread and they can also be seen in the Seeluftstreitkraft appendix at the Drake's Drum website (link in my sig line). The images in this post are Photoshopped.

The FW 206' big brother, the FW 300 airliner. Calculated performance suggests an aircraft comparable to the Douglas DC6, but it never flew so we'll never know for sure... The first image in this post is Photoshopped.

A big update to the Drake's Drum website has just gone live. Photographs from Part 4 Drake's Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes have been added and there have been updates to several of the Appendices. Here we see an FW 206 airliner, designed in OTL but never built. A sort of German DC3. The first two...

A significantly updated Beta version of the Luftwaffe Appendix has been uploaded at the Drake's Drum website. And... If I may brag... As of just now, 71% of the ratings for DD4 on Amazon are 4 or 5 stars. :cool:

The second aircraft is a bit more conjectural. As can be seen from the accompanying drawing, this Heinkel design was originally to have swept forward wings, a DB 603 engine and evaporation cooling (the hatched areas on the fuselage). However, it seems unlikely that swept forward wings made from...

Some more from the world of Drake's Drum These are 2 aircraft that never flew in our time line. They are a variant of the Tank Ta 152 with a Jumo 222 engine and a conjectural Heinkel fighter design based on the P.1076. The final book in the series, Drake's Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes which...

This first image in this post is photoshopped. This is a Japanese aircraft that never flew in our time line. It is based on the Plan VIII reconnaissance aircraft designed by the Rikugun Kokugijutsu Kenkūjo in 1941 and finalised by 1943/4. An example is depicted here as it might be after capture...

Drake's Drum: The Peace of Amiens is the first part of a four book series that recount an alternate timeline where the history of the 20th Century turns out very differently from what we know. Although the focus is on the UK and to a lesser extent the United States, this is very much an...

Nick Sumner submitted a new resource: Drake's Drum book series - An alternate history in four parts. Read more about this resource...

Pleased to announce some updates to the website. The Beta version of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Arm appendix has been uploaded while Version 1.0 of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Arm appendix has replaced the Beta version previously posted. Updates, revisions and corrections to the Royal...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all! There are minor updates to the, USN, USAAF, US Naval Aviation, Italian Naval Aviation, Regia Marina and Order of Battle appendices at the Drake's Drum website if anyone is interested over the Christmas holidays. Back in the New Year!

This image is Photoshopped RNAA Cutlass IA fighters during the interbellum #drakesdrum. A request. If anyone's read one of the Drake's Drum books, enjoyed it, and feels like giving it a positive review I'd greatly appreciate a review on Amazon, Goodreads or anywhere you feel like putting it...

Shameless plug here! I have written a children's book which has just come out in paperback. It is published by Sergeant Frosty Press and I wrote it for my daughters when they were in the 8-11 age bracket. (They are now surly teenagers) This story has no agenda, other than to emphasise how...