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On 15 Oct, 10:37, The Amaurotean Capitalist
wrote: Big Snip This is why the Mesquito was even considered being made of wood. Shortage of material did not govern the choice of building material for the Mosquito. I'd be interested in seeing any evidence you have that raw material shortage (as opposed to speculative planning for raw material shortages which never materialised) influencing British aircraft production. Having performed research on the original RAF, MAP and Cabinet sources myself, I've never seen any. Yes, initial design studies for the Mossie were based around the rather lovely pre war Albatross arliner which was constructed similarly. One example though of a design propted by material shortage was that appalling waste of sesign and production effort, the AW Albemarle. SNIP Funny thing, there were more German AC shot down during the Battle of Britain by the Hurricanes than the Spits. Which is unsuprising when you consider that there were almost twice as many Hurricanes involved than Spitfires. More oddly Hurris got more kills in the whole of WW2 than Spits ( as I have posted about previously) This was probably due to the widespread use of Hurris abroad at critical times (Malta, North Africa etc) when Spits were retained for home defence, arriving in theatre much later. Snip Gavin Bailey Guy |
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:55:52 -0700, guy
wrote: More oddly Hurris got more kills in the whole of WW2 than Spits ( as I have posted about previously) This was probably due to the widespread use of Hurris abroad at critical times (Malta, North Africa etc) when Spits were retained for home defence, arriving in theatre much later. Yep, I'd agree that the higher Hurricane claims came from their more extensive involvement in sustained high-intensity fighting against major components of Axis air power. By the time the Spitfire became predominant over the Hurricane, other fighter types and other forces were diffusing the load. Gavin Bailey -- Solution elegant. Yes. Minor problem, use 25000 CPU cycle for 1 instruction, this why all need overclock Pentium. Dumbass. - Bart Kwan En |
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