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[38ruk]

Wonder if that oiled jug flew around for 10 more minutes in the combat area shooting people down hehe

[MiloMorai]

 Ltn Edwin King of the 350th Fighter Group came home to Pisa, Italy, the hard way and found that a jug can go for at least a short time, with hardly any oil at all. An oil line was hit during a strafing mission near Brizsua on the planes 110th combat mission.

distance ~200km or for those using the archaic system ~125mi

[oakranger]

Ltn Edwin King of the 350th Fighter Group came home to Pisa, Italy, the hard way and found that a jug can go for at least a short time, with hardly any oil at all. An oil line was hit during a strafing mission near Brizsua on the planes 110th combat mission.

distance ~200km or for those using the archaic system ~125mi

It just come to show how tough she is.

[oakranger]

Air scoop on the cowling of Bf 109E.

[Devil 505]

Air scoop on the cowling of Bf 109E.


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That's some sort of proto-Friedrich. There's no oil cooler under the nose and the spinner has a large inlet - probably for an annular oil cooler in front of the engine.

[oakranger]

Here is another photo.  Saw a discussion at LEMB, the captioned of the a/c as Bf109F V-22, WNr.5601, NB+NH.  Not sure it is correct though. Was it instead Bf109V-25, D-IVKC, WNr.1930 which made trials with a ring shaped oil cooler?

[oakranger]

Ju-88A-4 with MG17 in nose glazing.  Must be used on scarfing runs.

[Oldman731]

Ju-88A-4 with MG17 in nose glazing.  Must be used on scarfing runs.

You can see how safety-conscious those guys are.

- oldman

"Hey, you don't suppose this thing is loaded, do you?"

"Nah, I'm sure it was disabled in the crash.  Plus, they always put the safety on."

[MiloMorai]

What is a scarfing run?

[oakranger]

What is a scarfing run?

That is what I was wondering.  Reading over the specs of the Ju-88, 4-A was the only variant that had the MG17 on the nose but There could be others too. There where other variants that had extra gun, for example a single MG17 on the starboard and port.

[oakranger]

Like most of us we are constantly learning something new.  Once again, I have gain something new that I have never heard of.  I first came across photos of Ki-57.  Was struck me was the cross on them.  I was not sure if they were  Balkenkreuz Cross, Eisernes Kreuz cross or Red Cross.  Since the ki-57 was a transport plane I played the Red Cross card, however, I never heard Japan useing the Red Cross so I took these images to another BBS for help.





From my surprised, another member know a little untold history about Japanese surrender and order to paint Betty's all white with a green cross.   

http://yellowairplane.com/34th/JapaneseSurrenderWW2-3.html
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-3a.htm


And a nice film.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mWG-FkOH-0g

[DaveBB]

Didn't click any of the links but the surrendering Bettys had B-25 escorts.  Supposed to maintain a mile and a half seperation, the Bettys formed on the B-25s in close formation.

[oakranger]

Didn't click any of the links but the surrendering Bettys had B-25 escorts.  Supposed to maintain a mile and a half seperation, the Bettys formed on the B-25s in close formation.

Guess that they wanted to.  They know that people are after them so they must have felt safe close in togeather.   Here are another video on them in formation.  I bet never in their days, B-25 pilots, would be flying next to a enemies like that and no shooting.  Had to be a rush.

[oakranger]

Here is another link that has a few color photos of the Betty.  And other jap planes that did the white paint and green cross.


https://www.meetup.com/it-IT/aviation-76/messages/71403212/

[oakranger]

All bets were on the P-47 to win the battle of the props.  Now people are raising hell and demand an investigation for a fixed fight.