DEWOITINE D520 http://www.vvs-regia-avions.com/Avions1/D520-3.jpg Quote: <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="alt2" style="border: 1px inset ;"> Originally Posted by morse1001 I try and use my collection of 2700 plus books for the pictures, which means they cant be traced on the web! </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Now that I've got my new scanner, I must start doing that too. One of these days, we must compare books Quote: <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="alt2" style="border: 1px inset ;"> Originally Posted by morse1001 morane-saulnier MS 406 AOL Search | Image | Browse= </td> </tr> </tbody></table> Nope (I thought someone would say that) OK - I'm now confused. How is it that I quoted Morse's original answer as MS 406 (and stated that it was the wrong answer), and yet looking at the original answer, it's changed to the D520 (which is the right answer)? Me thinks a slight of hand!! Dewoitine D.520 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's called 'the Scotsman cheated and edited his post to the right answer merely to confuse you' post
As it is more than 48hrs since the question was posed then here is something to get it going again. Answer to Morse's question: Not sure if this is a model or just in some very long grass, but it looks like the Shuttleworth Collection's 1931 Desoutter
OK - I'm now confused. How is it that I quoted Morse's original answer as MS 406 (and stated that it was the wrong answer), and yet looking at the original answer, it's changed to the D520 (which is the right answer)? Me thinks a slight of hand!! Dewoitine D.520 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Comes from suddenly realising that there was a photo of a d520 included with the report in Eric Brownes book on the weird and wonderful. Therefore changed my answer
Answer to Morse's question: Not sure if this is a model or just in some very long grass, but it looks like the Shuttleworth Collection's 1931 Desoutter It is indeed! One was used by the RAF during WW2.
I know nothing about this type except what I could deduce from the photo, which I found while looking for a subject for the next question. Can anyone a) name it (which I'll be able to confirm) b) tell me anything about it (which I won't be able to confirm)?
I know nothing about this type except what I could deduce from the photo, which I found while looking for a subject for the next question. Can anyone a) name it (which I'll be able to confirm) b) tell me anything about it (which I won't be able to confirm)? a) BF162 V2 D-AOBE WRG - Luftwaffe Resource Group - Messerschmitt Bf 162 b) Three seat light bomber. Based upon the BF110 never went into service.
This is an interesting spreadsheet including the serial numbers and where some of them were sold off to. http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/d-letters.html and another: Messerschmitt (Ìåññåðøìèòò) Bf 161
Interesting - Morse's site seems to imply that it had no defensive armament. If it really could do 398 mph, at the start of the war, it might have been as good as the Mosquito. But probably Messerschmitt were told to prioritise the 109 and 110. Morse's turn
If it really could do 398 mph Just realised I made a cock-up here - the site says 298 mph not 398. This is still respectable for an early-war bomber but wouldn't have been fast enough to outrun a contemporary fighter.
Alright, another question (albeit person based): Name two Heads of State (from the last thirty years) who were RAF fighter pilots in WW2. BTW, I tried setting a question with a photo attachment, both in this section and the ships one, but I could not upload images: "not a valid image file" (even when I tested it on images I have uploaded before). Anyone else had this problem? Adrian
Well, Ian Smith of Rhodesia is one. Sir Rex Hunt, Governor of the Falkland Islands at the time of the 1982 Argentine invasion, was another. But he was a colonial governor, not head of state.
Alright, another question (albeit person based): Name two Heads of State (from the last thirty years) who were RAF fighter pilots in WW2. BTW, I tried setting a question with a photo attachment, both in this section and the ships one, but I could not upload images: "not a valid image file" (even when I tested it on images I have uploaded before). Anyone else had this problem? Adrian It will not let my upload any images!!
Well, Ian Smith of Rhodesia is one. Yes thats one (check out his Wikipedia entry; he had quite a dramatic war; he had plastic surgery to his face after an accident). I'll give it a another couple of days for the other name that I was thinking of (slightly risky phrasing a question like this because there could be a correct answer that I hadn't heard of). Still can't upload images - I'll tell Lee
Ok. Not getting anywhere with this one. The other person I was thinking of was Ezer Weissman, President of Israel until a few years ago. He flew Thunderbolts with the RAF in WW2, and was Israel's leading ace in the independence war in 1947-9. His Spitfire is still kept in flying condition at Rabat Air Base, Israel. David (Kiwiwriter) - it must be your turn now.