Hawker sea fury.............

[Eric19]

anyone know if this had a lot of operational use in the war it seems as though a good plane with a high speed like our jug but with a bigger motor and a crusie speed of 390mph along with the 460mph top speed
just curious is all..........

[Shifty]

It didn't see service in WWII.

[Eric19]

wiki said it was handed to squads in 1945 or something along those lines

[Shifty]

It didn't finish it's testing until after the Japanese surrender. Too bad, I'd love to see it in the game. 

[Lusche]

wiki said it was handed to squads in 1945 or something along those lines

I would suggest you really read that wiki entry...

[Eric19]

I would suggest you really read that wiki entry...

I speed readed I was actually looking up the specs of the Rolls Royce Vulture X engine just to give me an idea of the ammount of power and what it actually looked like

[phatzo]

I speed readed I was actually looking up the specs of the Rolls Royce Vulture X engine just to give me an idea of the ammount of power and what it actually looked like

looks like you speed typeded too.

[Eric19]

its very early in the morning where I'm at thank you very much 

[Karnak]

its very early in the morning where I'm at thank you very much 

Wanna know the sad part?  They could have had an almost Fury in 1944 if the Bristol hadn't so pissed off a senior guy in the UK government that upon hearing that a Bristol Centaurus had been installed in a Tempest as they were going to do flight tests with it that he rushed to prevent it and have the engine taken out of said Tempest Mk II.

[lunatic1]

looks like you speed typeded too.

hey if u dont like the speling done read tha posst

[HawkerMKII]

wiki said it was handed to squads in 1945 or something along those lines

This seems to have more info on a/c and stuff than WIKI
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=650

[Bosco123]

wiki said it was handed to squads in 1945 or something along those lines

There is your problem.  You used Wiki. 
As much I as I would love to see the SeaFury in the MA's, as well as the Do-335, those aircraft never saw service in WW2. The Do-335 never made it past 1945.



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[Gman]

Thought you guys in this thread may appreciate this pic.  Both my grandfathers were in the RCAF and RAF during the war.  One grandfather was a ferry pilot for Lancasters far part of the war, and then went on to work for the RAF after his RCAF tour in Bomber Command.  He didn't fly any missions but worked with the "office" in operations.  My other grandfather was something of a radio whiz, and worked for the RAF first, THEN the RCAF.  I have pictures of him with the a303 Polish squadron during the BoB and a bunch of other slides.  We just discovered this set of slides of planes he enjoyed working on after the war.  This belonged to an old friend of his.  My grandfather is in the white on the wing.  I'm not 100% even of the type, but with the tail hook I  think it is some variant of the Sea Fury, but as my grandfather has passed away and I've yet to find the corresponding notes with his slides, I can't be sure other than my grandmother saying this was one of the planes we worked on for friends of his who had money and planes of their own, haha.

[mthrockmor]

The Do-335 did see combat, though not at squad level. I read one account where 4 Tempests jumped a single Do-335. End result the Do-335 simply outran them. My guess is there may be a few other similar, one-off accounts.

Boo

[Gman]

Boo is right.  I know this as I was searching online for the story about Kurt Tank's Ta152 outrunning a bunch of Tempests and found the story about the 335 instead a while back.