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Offline Enker

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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2008, 06:01:17 PM »
Hs.123  
The hs stands for...headshot?
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Offline Motherland

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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2008, 06:02:33 PM »
Henschel & Sohn.
Would be a cool aircraft to have :)

Offline glock89

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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2008, 06:04:16 PM »
Fear and death in the wings, in thrall of those fallen from grace
Petty is as petty does, witness the mass disgrace.

Offline Krusty

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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2008, 09:25:37 AM »
I believe only 6 of them made it off the carrier transport and onto solid ground* in Norway. They harrassed German bombers and fighters but were basically bombed into rubble repeatedly until none of the planes were servicable. At the end they were flying only 2 planes and left those due to lack of parts, oil, fuel, etc.



*= solid ground in this case was actually a frozen lake, which was used as the airfield for these craft.

Not too many saw action in the BoB, and I would be surprised if many saw any action against the LW in Afrika. I assume they were used in reduced capacity at this time, perhaps recon, ground attack, other roles?

It was being phased out by the Hurricane Mk.I before the war officially began. It was only used in combat because they couldn't make hurricanes fast enough to convert all the squadrons.

Offline SectorNine50

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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #19 on: September 13, 2008, 03:47:18 PM »
It would still be REALLY REALLY fun...  Hahaha I can just imagine a Bi-Plane mission...  Oh how deadly the ack would be...  :lol
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Offline glock89

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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2008, 04:49:54 PM »
It would still be REALLY REALLY fun...  Hahaha I can just imagine a Bi-Plane mission...  Oh how deadly the ack would be...  :lol
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Offline Selino631

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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2008, 05:02:38 PM »
CR.42!!!
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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #22 on: September 13, 2008, 09:23:17 PM »
Whether you should "believe" biplanes were widely used or not in WW2 can be surely resolved even with a modicum of effort.  Start here:

http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/

and then go to a library.
I get really really tired of selective realism disguised as a desire to make bombers easier to kill.

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Offline glock89

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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #23 on: September 14, 2008, 12:01:33 AM »
Whether you should "believe" biplanes were widely used or not in WW2 can be surely resolved even with a modicum of effort.  Start here:

http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/

and then go to a library.
We need them.
Fear and death in the wings, in thrall of those fallen from grace
Petty is as petty does, witness the mass disgrace.

Offline B3YT

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Re: see this at your 6 oclock
« Reply #24 on: September 14, 2008, 12:53:10 PM »
I believe only 6 of them made it off the carrier transport and onto solid ground* in Norway. They harrassed German bombers and fighters but were basically bombed into rubble repeatedly until none of the planes were servicable. At the end they were flying only 2 planes and left those due to lack of parts, oil, fuel, etc.



*= solid ground in this case was actually a frozen lake, which was used as the airfield for these craft.

Not too many saw action in the BoB, and I would be surprised if many saw any action against the LW in Afrika. I assume they were used in reduced capacity at this time, perhaps recon, ground attack, other roles?

It was being phased out by the Hurricane Mk.I before the war officially began. It was only used in combat because they couldn't make hurricanes fast enough to convert all the squadrons.


they were used through WWII as trainers in ACM before the pilots moved on to spits or hurricanes . I lived 3 miles away from stormy down aerodrome in S. Wales where there were hawker fury's flying until 1944 . laysander were used until  1950's as spotters for the RAF
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