tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post5905028088229500496..comments2024-03-28T15:33:37.338-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Hurricanes at Two O'clock!OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11419169730026306242022-05-18T05:00:49.951-07:002022-05-18T05:00:49.951-07:00Indeed!Indeed!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50401142806231169022022-05-17T22:43:52.099-07:002022-05-17T22:43:52.099-07:00110 was product of 1930s "heavy fighter"...110 was product of 1930s "heavy fighter" concept.<br />It envisioned heavy , 2 engined aircraft with strong cannon battery in the nose, and rear gunner to help overcome lack of agility.<br />The design was intended as a way to get fighters fast enough to intercept multi engined monoiplane bombers , when conventional fighters were still largely biplanes.<br />As it turned out, the concept was failure.<br />Rear gunner was not nearly enough to defend rear, and the things dogfighted like a bus.<br />About the only heavy fighters that came out successful were P-38 (because of compact design ditching rear gunner and allowing greater power-to-weight) and the Mosquito (becuase lightweight plywood design allowed the same).<br />Meanwhile classic fighters found their monoplane design and dominated the skies of WW2.<br />As for the 110 it would eventually have found it's niche as very useful night fighter, but that was in 1942 when Germans developed airborne radar and needed to defend own skies...Paweł Kasperekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636249014878876718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48977818056785282002022-05-17T18:10:22.696-07:002022-05-17T18:10:22.696-07:00Too true.Too true.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22431161472035628242022-05-17T17:57:27.088-07:002022-05-17T17:57:27.088-07:00...There is a Bob Stevens "There I Was" ......There is a Bob Stevens "There I Was" cartoon from later in WW2 where a US pilot urgently calls out "Break right...I mean Red Flight break right"...by then every US fighter in radio range has jettisoned their drop tanks...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78594433317266041292022-05-17T15:47:42.093-07:002022-05-17T15:47:42.093-07:00Thanks!
Peace to you and yours as well,Thanks!<br /><br />Peace to you and yours as well,OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11762918896546855752022-05-17T15:46:35.982-07:002022-05-17T15:46:35.982-07:00BG #2 - I'm sure they are valuable as well! (H...BG #2 - I'm sure they are valuable as well! (Heh, he said Gorram, shiny.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39071358440520119852022-05-17T15:45:47.445-07:002022-05-17T15:45:47.445-07:00BG #1 - That's my kind of museum! The Military...BG #1 - That's my kind of museum! The Military Aviation Museum in <a href="https://militaryaviationmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow"><b><i>Pungo</i></b></a>, Virginia is like that. Nothing like seeing an oil pan under an engine, realizing that the beast is flyable!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31192151029049494472022-05-17T15:42:41.512-07:002022-05-17T15:42:41.512-07:00Thank you for your continued historical fictions. ...Thank you for your continued historical fictions. I really enjoy them. Peace to you and yours.1chotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447809553993449672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83520345163081753532022-05-17T15:42:15.440-07:002022-05-17T15:42:15.440-07:00Probably a more powerful transmitter as well, weig...Probably a more powerful transmitter as well, weight is always an issue in an aircraft.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34685788456865743542022-05-17T11:41:08.088-07:002022-05-17T11:41:08.088-07:00Was the longer air/ground range because the ground...Was the longer air/ground range because the ground would have had a better receiver?SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83201907884897166662022-05-17T11:09:15.213-07:002022-05-17T11:09:15.213-07:00Well...the aircraft ARE "valuable" to sa...Well...the aircraft ARE "valuable" to say the least; the word I typed in was "flyable".<br />Gorram arrogant device!<br />BGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87407411029288939272022-05-17T11:07:04.552-07:002022-05-17T11:07:04.552-07:00Lots of those interwar theories got disproved in c...Lots of those interwar theories got disproved in combat.<br />Truly "a classic American story"! There is a separate little hootch with his RAF uniform on a very lifelike mannequin and lots of photos. A video interview with him was playing. According to the Docent I spoke with, the COL was quite a friend of the museum. I bought the book "The Flying Greek" at the gift shop. An amazing museum! All of the aircraft that have skin on the wings are valuable - and flown.<br />Boat GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51916091530776898342022-05-17T08:42:23.403-07:002022-05-17T08:42:23.403-07:00Ah juvat, you get me.Ah juvat, you get me.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47438073297368815882022-05-17T08:38:48.787-07:002022-05-17T08:38:48.787-07:00I don't think I've ever been in a large fo...I don't think I've ever been in a large force exercise that some bozo doesn't blurt out something obvious and utterly useless. Tally Ho...Comm jamming indeed. <br /><br />Bandits, left 10, low = useful transmission.<br /><br />I know that was what the "public school boy" verbiage was intended to convey. juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44713861285644395112022-05-17T08:24:36.142-07:002022-05-17T08:24:36.142-07:00I need to structure my sentences better, I find my...I need to structure my sentences better, I find myself using "they" and confusing myself as to which "thy" I'm talking about.<br /><br />I'll clean that up.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91648599584388047852022-05-17T08:07:53.643-07:002022-05-17T08:07:53.643-07:00"Morley saw the big fighters coming around, j..."Morley saw the big fighters coming around, judging by the angle his formation had on the Huns, the Hurricanes would be through the enemy formation before they would be in position to engage the Hurricanes."<br /> Not complaining (not in the slightest, enjoyin' it far too much), just mildly confused; needed to return to think about 'they' (then again I was only on my second cuppa)boronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05780356895910449471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33613166336063506572022-05-17T07:52:22.771-07:002022-05-17T07:52:22.771-07:00Thanks Rob!Thanks Rob!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32709087983665304482022-05-17T07:52:09.643-07:002022-05-17T07:52:09.643-07:00While I try to keep the timeline relatively generi...While I try to keep the timeline relatively generic (makes for easier, read lazier, research) I want to follow the flow of the battle. The Germans really thought that the concept of the heavy escort fighter was viable. It wasn't. However, the Bf-110 was later a very successful night fighter.<br /><br />How did I not know of Colonel Pisanos? I will be reading up on him, a classic American story right there. Someday, when I get back to Colorado, I need to visit that museum, it looks really good!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41405973008532451442022-05-17T07:50:12.632-07:002022-05-17T07:50:12.632-07:00Good story again!Good story again!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60174701863222472252022-05-17T07:33:35.203-07:002022-05-17T07:33:35.203-07:00Thanks TB!Thanks TB!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51918558348374787932022-05-17T07:33:21.900-07:002022-05-17T07:33:21.900-07:00Yes, that's what the Germans called it. It'...Yes, that's what the Germans called it. It's their word for "dogfight."OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59906283556476845312022-05-17T06:19:52.493-07:002022-05-17T06:19:52.493-07:00Very well written (as always), Sarge.Very well written (as always), Sarge.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35614613613918540472022-05-17T06:13:47.259-07:002022-05-17T06:13:47.259-07:00Things are warming up. Least there were more Hurri...Things are warming up. Least there were more Hurricanes and they had altitude. Yes, I'm being a bit "partisan" or "Anglophile". You do a great job,Sarge, of humanizing our combatants but I am definitely taking sides. You write so well that I can hope for individuals yet still "root for my team".<br />Recently visited the WWII aviation museum in Colo Springs; on one of their exhibits (featuring Steve Pisanos) there is a roster of the three Eagle squadrons; there are a lot of abbreviations after the names, KIA being prominent.<br />Boat GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61933306223531196032022-05-17T05:31:31.759-07:002022-05-17T05:31:31.759-07:00Kurvenkampf⁴
Was this the common term the German ...Kurvenkampf⁴ <br />Was this the common term the German pilots used for what us English speakers call dogfight (aviation wise)? I’m want to learn something new as well. <br /><br />Franknbean Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91070383190123051382022-05-17T05:25:58.399-07:002022-05-17T05:25:58.399-07:00I love that movie, good old Bruno Stachel.I love that movie, good old Bruno Stachel.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com