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Title: "What's This?"
Post by: Replicant on April 11, 2004, 04:14:30 PM

(http://www.btinternet.com/~nexx/luft.jpg)

Name the aircraft

Bonus for:

Purpose and name of this flight

Location

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: pugg666 on April 11, 2004, 05:33:56 PM

from the forground.

ME-410
FW-190 A (can't tell which model)
Bf-109 (again, can't tell which model, early g-model or before i think)
PE-2 ?
JU-88

No clue on the bonus question though.

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: ra on April 11, 2004, 05:38:12 PM

Quote

Originally posted by pugg666
from the forground.

ME-410
FW-190 A (can't tell which model)
Bf-109 (again, can't tell which model, early g-model or before i think)
PE-2 ?
JU-88

No clue on the bonus question though.

The 1st is an HS-129, the fourth is a Bf-110.

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: Furball on April 11, 2004, 05:47:00 PM

Vulchbait :D

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: Replicant on April 11, 2004, 05:58:42 PM

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Originally posted by ra
The 1st is an HS-129, the fourth is a Bf-110.

Yup, Ra is correct.

Left to Right

Ju88 A5 or A6

Bf110 C5 (more pics http://www.luftwaffe-experten.co.uk/ax772.html)

Bf109 - don't know what variant but either E3 or F4 or G2?

Fw190 A4

Hs129 B1

Any takers on what the flight is and where it was taken?

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: Wilbus on April 11, 2004, 06:29:51 PM

It's a HS129 all right, it's got a much more "triangular" fuselage shape then the Me 410.

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: MiloMorai on April 11, 2004, 07:13:19 PM

RAE evaluation lineup.

This is Me410

(http://www.sbmodelers.com/Dsc_0294.jpg)

Note the remote cannon on the fuselage side. The bulges on the Hs129  were for the forward firing cannons.

A list of Air Ministry numbers. http://www.luftwaffe-experten.co.uk/raf-airmin.html

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on April 11, 2004, 08:08:42 PM

that ain't the one u showing.
have a good look on the shape (beginning cockpit)
it starts after the wing also
oh and engine gondolas and more

still a nice model though :)

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: pugg666 on April 11, 2004, 09:17:41 PM

ok # 1 might be a HS-129, but # 4 is not a 110
look closely at the rear end of the cockpit.

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: pugg666 on April 11, 2004, 09:32:30 PM

ok my bad after looking at a few sources #4 does seem to be a 110

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: Replicant on April 12, 2004, 03:48:07 AM

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Originally posted by MiloMorai
RAE evaluation lineup.

 

Close, the RAE was based at Farnborough.

The photo is of:

1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight
RAF Collyweston late WW2

The Enemy Aircraft Circus, was infact a 'circus' in that they would visit other airfields to demonstrate enemy aircraft and to illustrate visual identification.  They were also used for propaganda purposes (only those that kept Luftwaffe markings).

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: Wilbus on April 12, 2004, 07:04:44 AM

BUG, is that me you have quoted? About the P38? "It's a flying tank".

Title: "What's This?"
Post by: Pei on April 12, 2004, 07:58:12 AM

The 109 is an F or an early G.
The nose is wrong for an E (or a K for that matter) and there doesn't appear to be any struts on the horizontal stabs.
It lacks the "beule" associated with the 13mm MG131 installation so it can't be a late G model.