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Offline Obie303

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Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« on: January 21, 2009, 07:55:22 AM »
I found this doing some researh on another topic.  Since I know there are a few Romanians that still fly here, I thought this might interest them.





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Out of the 50 ordered Hurricanes, Romania eventually only received twelve. This aircraft, "red 3" belonged to Escadrila 53, which in 1941 was included in the Dobruja air command. Its main mission was to defend the Constanta harbour and Cernavoda railway bridge. It also carried out bomber escort missions.
Romania's top-scoring fighter ace, lt.av. Horia Agarici shot down 3 (2 confirmed) Soviet DB-3 bombers over Constanta flying this aircraft on June 25th, 1941.

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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2009, 09:58:52 AM »
That EXACT one is already in the game, and has been at least as long as I've been around. Rogerdee did it god knows when.

« Last Edit: January 21, 2009, 10:36:16 AM by Treize69 »
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2009, 03:33:07 PM »
I guess I should have checked Hammer's pager for all the Hurri 1 skins.
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2009, 06:29:44 AM »
That poor old skin looks tired now  well it was one of my first tries :rolleyes:
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 06:40:33 AM »
I'm eagerly awaiting the day they update the Hurri so you can give it another whack. :)
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2009, 06:50:47 AM »
so am i
but there are so many things i want to do and finish that i seem to keep going around in circles.
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2009, 02:06:58 PM »
Here is a Finn Hurri.  Mk-Ia

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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2009, 02:28:29 PM »
And a Dutch, Hurr Mk IIb

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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2009, 05:09:51 PM »
Wasn't Romania Axis before 1944? How did they get Hurricanes?

Interesting skin though.
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2009, 06:21:01 PM »
They weren't officially Axis until 1941, they bought their Hurricanes (and Blenheims) from the Brits in 1939/40. The best way to tell their vintage is that they have the split black/white undersides common to pre-1940 RAF fighters. Most were also originally delivered with 2-bladed constant-pitch props, but later upgraded.

The Germans also gave them the Hurricanes they captured from the Yugoslavian Air Force in return for Rumania allowing the Luftwaffe to use their bases during that operation.

All the Rumanian Hurricanes were concentrated into Escadrila 53 Vanatoare and used to protect the Black Sea ports and cities (mainly Constanta and Mamaia), until they were replaced at that role in 1943 by the former Grupul 7 Bf-109Es that had just been themselves replaced at the front by Bf-109G2 and G4s purchased from the Germans. The last use of the Rumanian Hurricanes was when they were dismantled and their engines used to power the Rumanian Navy's Vosper Torpedo Boats until some time after the war.

None of their Hurricanes are known to have survived the war.
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2009, 03:21:28 PM »
Yes, IMHO it's high time all the Hawker products in the game were given updated models and 'pits, even though two of 'em are 'pay-per-view'  ;)
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2009, 05:36:45 PM »
Yes, IMHO it's high time all the Hawker products in the game were given updated models and 'pits, even though two of 'em are 'pay-per-view'  ;)

Definately!  And hopefully the Spits too. :aok
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2009, 05:49:49 PM »
Definately!  And hopefully the Spits too. :aok

Spits have already been updated.
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2009, 05:58:16 PM »
Yes, IMHO it's high time all the Hawker products in the game were given updated models and 'pits, even though two of 'em are 'pay-per-view'  ;)

Isnt the tempest the only one that's perked or am I forgetting one?
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Re: Interesting Romanian Hurri 1 skin
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2009, 06:01:47 PM »
I think the Typhoon is lightly perked in the MW. And the HurriII should be in the EW if it hasn't been since the last time I was in there.
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