Late war RAF Spit/Seafire landmarks

[Bruno]

FYI: The following was posted on TOCH:

   
Meteor Mk.I and V-1 kills

by poster: bearoutwest

Here's a brief list of the Meteor combat claims (V-1s and aircraft) that I've managed to track down so far.

#1 4 Aug 44 F/O Dixie Dean EE216
V-1 destroyed by tipping (after gun jam). Sighted at 1616 hours, over Tonbridge.

#2 4 Aug 44 F/O J.K. Rodger
V-1 destroyed by 20mm cannon over Tenterden, 25 minutes after Dean’s encounter.

#3 7 Aug 44 F/O Dixie Dean
V-1 destroyed by 20mm cannon, near Robertsbridge.

#4 10 Aug 44 F/O Dixie Dean
V-1 destroyed by 20mm cannon, near Ashford.

#5 16 Aug 44 F/O W. McKenzie RCAF
V-1 by tipping, near Maidstone.

#6 16 Aug 44 F/O M. Mullenders(Belgian)
V-1 by 20mm cannon, near Ashford.

** 16 Aug 44 W/C. A. McDowall
2 V-1s attacked. Each time broke off due to proximity of balloon barrage.

#7 17 Aug 44 F/O Ritch V-1.

#8 17 Aug 44 W/O Woodacre V-1.

#9 17 Aug 44 F/Sgt Assy V-1.

#10 19 Aug 44 F/O Hobson 1/2 V-1
Shared with another Tempest squadron.

#11 19 Aug 44 F/Sgt Watts V-1.

#12 28 Aug 44 F/O Hobson, F/Sgt Epps V-1 shared.

#13 29 Aug 44 F/O Miller V-1.
(and last by the squadron).

4 Feb 45
3 Meteor IIIs and a Meteor I stationed at airfield B-58 in Belgium (Brussels-Melsbroek).
All white paint scheme used.
W/C A McDowall – YP-P EE225 – Mk I
S/L D.A. Barry – YP-Q EE239 – Mk III
F/L M.M. Mullenders – YP-R EE240 – Mk III
F/O J.K. Rodgers – YP-S EE241 – Mk III

3 May 45
W/C W.E. Schrader (NZ), F/L A.G.P. Jennings
Flying from B-156 airfield, Luneberg, these two attack Schonberg airfield. Claimed destroyed on the ground are:
2x Ju 87, 2x He 111, 1x Bf 109, 1x Fi 156.
(Jennings claimed the Fi 156, encountered in the air but landed and was destroyed on the ground.)

The primary source of information is from an article by Chris Shores in Air Combat magazine – Jan 1976 (Vol 4, No.1) - ”The Allies’ First Jet Fighter”.

I've only been able to locate the reference to EE216 as F/O Dixie Dean's first wing tipping claim.

[Golfer]

Originally posted by Krusty
aahhh, stupid me

Interesting stuff. I think AH is far too forgiving in many areas, drag included.

A 262 one one engine in AH.. hrm.. I've been able to fly on it, but I've never survived a landing in one. It's uncontrolable at low speeds (best you can hope for is a controlled ditch, wheels up or down, forget about lining up on the runway).

I can believe it. The engines were less powerful than the prototype and trial models. They needed both just to fly. Had they been equipped with the harder to produce but more powerful engines (can't remember the name) they might have had better acceleration and better single engine handling.

There have been a couple replies to this...however I made an AH film for this subject.
262 Single Engine training/demo film

There is also this film that might be good to watch prior to the single engine film.

How to land the turbojet lawn dart

Good luck

[Angus]

Very nice input Bruno.
BTW were those engagements on the channel front or on the North sea front. I have some interesting data on V-1 launches from He-111's over the North sea, - will type it in tomorrow.

[Debonair]

Thanks for the flim Golfer, the Phil Boyers of AH