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Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Trikky on December 24, 2006, 01:34:12 PM

Picked myself up an edition of 'The Strike Wings - special anti-shipping squadrons 1942-45' by R Nesbit which has this startling photo in it, taken by Wg Cdr F E Burton (hope I'm not doing a copyright infringement here).

I'm guessing it was a head on situation, on a Beaufighter TFX, so pretty brave of the German facing 4 Hispano's. The pilot of the Beaufighter was 'temporarily blinded by dust and splinters' and if it were me, screaming like a banshee, but managed to land safely back at base. Incredible.

(http://www.eel.homechoice.co.uk/20mmshot003.jpg)

Edit, on further reading, could have been 20mm AA fire from a vessel based gunner

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Viking on December 24, 2006, 01:41:40 PM

If they were on an anti-shipping mission as the book title might suggest, I'm guessing that 20mm came from a ship mounted flak gun.

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Pooh21 on December 24, 2006, 02:55:59 PM

as he flew away the flak gunner screamed "h4x0r!!" over 200

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Trikky on December 24, 2006, 04:02:40 PM

Thats a good un Pooh :lol

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Yoshimbo on December 24, 2006, 04:45:53 PM

HOLY ****!!! :O :O F***ING HO n00b!

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Ball on December 25, 2006, 05:54:16 AM

if that had been a 7.7mm he would have had an insta-pilot wound.

good thing that it was only a 20mm.

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: SAS_KID on December 26, 2006, 03:36:37 AM

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Originally posted by Ball
if that had been a 7.7mm he would have had an insta-pilot wound.

good thing that it was only a 20mm.

:lol  the gunner probably called up the enemy and said turn off your deflector sheilds.:cool:

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: NoQtr on December 26, 2006, 07:11:58 AM

That's a lucky pilot that didn't lose his head.

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: mussie on December 26, 2006, 01:01:15 PM

Dont know about the rest of you but on landing I would have asked for a new windscreen and a new pair of jocks.........

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Guppy35 on December 26, 2006, 01:30:25 PM

A couple more examples.

A Spitfire I from the B of B time frame after taking a hit head on from a 109E
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1167161338_spitglass.jpg)


A P38J after taking a hit in the cockpit glass.  My AH 38G never survives those hits :)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1167161322_38glass.jpg)

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: mussie on December 26, 2006, 01:37:52 PM

Man imagine having you screen shatter like that in game....  

Would make for an interesting landing

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Apeking on December 26, 2006, 06:31:50 PM

"A Spitfire I from the B of B time frame after taking a hit head on from a 109E"

Bloody Luftwaffe HO dweebs. This is why the RAF brought the Hurricane IIC into service, so that these dastardly Luftwaffe chaps couldn't pull that kind of damn Hun trick any more.

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: okiebob on December 26, 2006, 10:44:10 PM

lol i would hate to be these pilots...

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: mussie on December 27, 2006, 08:37:50 PM

I would hate to do their laundry

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Ball on December 28, 2006, 02:56:59 AM

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Originally posted by Guppy35
A couple more examples.

A Spitfire I from the B of B time frame after taking a hit head on from a 109E
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1167161338_spitglass.jpg)

Interesting rear view mirror on that spit - not seen one like that before

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Scherf on December 28, 2006, 03:27:00 AM

If the Beau above is the one I'm thinking of, the pilot was wounded in the face, chest and arms by splinters from the windscreen.

He and his nav made it back from the Norwegian coast though.

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Guppy35 on December 28, 2006, 04:21:56 AM

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Originally posted by Ball
Interesting rear view mirror on that spit - not seen one like that before

Bit of a giveaway that it's a B of B Spit.  They were all a bit makeshift then since they didn't come with them like they did later one when the more usual mirrors become evident.

Title: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen
Post by: Ball on December 28, 2006, 01:16:17 PM

doesnt appear to have the blown hood either.