MiloMorai

Will the Spitfire IX get 150PN fuel and 25 lb boost?

When there was only penny packets numbers of your heroes, it is understandable that they would not be seen or even shot at.

At what altitudes and how does this compare to the K-4 and D-9 you are so worried about, at those altitudes? What is wrong with working a little harder getting that kill? Those flying German have to.

A standard K-4, which is what we should get, shouldn't give much trouble for the P-47. Unfortunately we will most probably get the C3 1.98ata K-4 which was only around for the last few weeks of the war in Europe in penny packet numbers and not really documented that it actually was used. The P-47 shouldn't get 150PN fuel.

Black cylinder with 2 hoses running to it.

I guess it can be put to rest this nonsense that the Spitfire with a gyro gun sight was not the predominate gun sight installed in the Spitfire.

Good work Friedrich.

here you go Kurfy, tell us which squadrons didn't use the Mk II gyro gun sight. 2 TAF ORDER OF BATTLE 6th JUNE 1944 No2 Group 137 Wing 88 Squadron Boston IIIA 342 (French) Squadron Boston IIIA 226 Squadron Mitchell II 138 Wing 107 Squadron Mosquito VI 305 (Polish) Squadron Mosquito VI 613 Squadron Mosquito VI 139 Wing 98 Squadron Mitchell II 180 Squadron Mitchell II 320 (Dutch) Squadron Mitchell II 140 Wing 21 Squadron Mosquito VI 464 (RAAF) Squadron Mosquito VI 487 (RNZAF) Squadron Mosquito VI No 83 Group 39 (RCAF) Reconnaissance Wing 400 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX SP 168 Squadron Mustang I 414 (RCAF) Squadron Mustang I RU 430 (RCAF) Squadron Mustang I G9 15 Sector 122 Wing 19 Squadron Mustang III QV 65 Squadron Mustang III YT 122 Squadron Mustang III MT 125 Wing 132 Squadron Spitfire IX FF 453 (RAAF) Squadron Spitfire IX FU 602 Squadron Spitfire IX LO 129 Wing 184 Squadron Typhoon IB BR 17 Sector 126 Wing 401 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX YO 411 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX DB 412 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX VZ 127 Wing 403 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX KH 416 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX DN 421 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX AU 144 Wing 441 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX 9G 442 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX Y2 443 (RCAF) Squadron Spitfire IX Z1 22 Sector 121 Wing 174 Squadron Typhoon IB XP 175 Squadron Typhoon IB HH 245 Squadron Typhoon IB MR 124 Wing 181 Squadron Typhoon IB EL 182 Squadron Typhoon IB XM 247 Squadron Typhoon IB ZY 143 Wing 438 (RCAF) Squadron Typhoon IB F3 439 (RCAF) Squadron Typhoon IB 5V 440 (RCAF) Squadron Typhoon IB I8 83 Group Reserve with ADGB 64 Squadron Spitfire V SH 234 Squadron Spitfire V AZ 303 (Polish) Squadron Spitfire V RF 345 (French) Squadron Spitfire Vb 2Y 350 (Belgian) Squadron Spitfire Vb MN 402 (Canadian) Squadron Spitfire V AE 501 Squadron Spitfire V SD 611 Squadron Spitfire V FY No 84 Group 35 Reconnaissance Wing 2 Squadron Mustang IA OI 268 Squadron Mustang IA 4 Squadron Spitfire XI TV 18 Sector 131 Wing 302 (Polish) Squadron Spitfire IX WX 308 (Polish) Squadron Spitfire IX ZF 317 (Polish) Squadron Spitfire IX JH 132 Wing 66 Squadron Spitfire IX LZ 331 (Norwegian) Squadron Spitfire IX FN 332 (Norwegian) Squadron Spitfire IX AH 134 Wing 310 (Czech) Squadron Spitfire IX NN 312 (Czech) Squadron Spitfire IX DU 313 (Czech) Squadron Spitfire IX 19 Sector 135 Wing 222 Squadron Spitfire IX ZD 349 (Belgian) Squadron Spitfire IX GE 485 (RNZAF) Squadron Spitfire IX OU 133 Wing 129 Squadron Mustang III DV 306 (Polish) Squadron Mustang III UZ 315 (Polish) Squadron Mustang III PK 145 Wing 329 (French) Squadron Spitfire IX 340 (French) Squadron Spitfire IX GW 341 (French) Squadron Spitfire IX NL 20 Sector 123 Wing 198 Squadron Typhoon IB TP 609 Squadron Typhoon IB PR 146 Wing 193 Squadron Typhoon IB DD 197 Squadron Typhoon IB OV 257 Squadron Typhoon IB FM 266 Squadron Typhoon IB ZH 136 Wing 164 Squadron Typhoon IB FJ 183 Squadron Typhoon IB HF No 84 Group Reserve with ADGB 149 Wing 33 Squadron Spitfire IX 5R 74 Squadron Spitfire IX 4D 233 Wing 80 Squadron Spitfire IX WZ 229 Squadron Spitfire IX 9R 274 Squadron Spitfire IX JJ No 85 Group 141 Wing 91 Squadron Spitfire XIV DL 124 Squadron Spitfire VII ON 322 (Dutch) Squadron Spitfire XIV 3W 142 Wing 264 Squadron Mosquito XIII PS 604 Squadron Mosquito XIII NG 147 Wing 29 Squadron Mosquito XIII RO 148 Wing 409 (RCAF) Squadron Mosquito XIII KP 149 Wing 410 (RCAF) Squadron Mosquito XIII RA 488 (RNZAF) Squadron Mosquito XIII ME 150 Wing 56 Squadron Spitfire IX US 3 Squadron Tempest V JF 486 (RNZAF) Squadron Tempest V SA 34 Reconnaissance Wing 16 Squadron Spitfire XI 140 Squadron Mosquito IX/XVI 69 Squadron Wellington XIII 85 Group Reserve with ADGB 406 Squadron Beaufighter HV 418 (Canadian) Squadron Mosquito III TH more info http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/23810-2nd-tactical-air-force/

Fredrich, you do know that Kurfurst is trolling. Anyone with just a little bit of intelligence would know that that many gun sights would be put to use and not stuck in some backwater stores. It is another of his typical ploys to have British documentation to the nth degree but any little tidbit is good enough for widespread nazi German use,

The EZ42 was not common tho but there was 6800 Mk IIs built so it was in common use. Karl Baur: shooting with the EZ42 will demand much practice and the use of new tactics. JV7 and JV44 tested the EZ42 and found that it is difficult to calibrate and usually locked in position. (The gyro were locked and the sight operated as a non gyro sight) The 1.98ata/C3 K-4 was not common either.

How K-4s ended their days, no doubt shot down by Spitfires with Mk II gunsights:

So Kurfy tells us where did those 6800 produced Mk IIs go.

Since significant numbers of EZ42s were not fitted to Nazi German airplanes it should not have been modeled. On can be sure that most of the ~6800 Mk IIs manufactured were left sitting in their shipping boxes. What ever you say Kurfurst.

27 D-9 were built with this gunsight, 20 in February, and 7 in March 1945, according to JaPo's "Focke-Wulf fw 190 D camouflage and markings".

Almost 6800 Mk IIs produced compared the the penny packet number of EZ42s that only were in use very late in the war.

However did the Spitfire ever manage to shoot down all those Bf109s with such defective ammo?

A 132 Sqd Spitfire.

Complex piping? Of coarse there are manuals for the sub systems, they do have to be maintained.

Republic P-47N-15-RE

8th AF P-51s were using 150 fuel which put out ~2000hp. Now I know someone will chime in about the 1.98ata K-4s but there was only a penny pocket number of these a/c and only showed up in the last few weeks of the war in Europe.

A person on the 12 O'Clock board researched K-4 neubau production. He came up with a number of 1242. Sept 15 Oct 293 Nov 221 Dec 325 Jan 338 Feb 23+3 Mar 16+8 Not sure what the last 2 entries mean. 1944 neubau production comes to 854.

Dorsal fin fillets were retro fitted.

I don't remember this subject being on the banana but it sure was at the ubi Zoo.

The 1.8ata B4 + MW50 Bf109K-4 should be an awesome a/c with all the info being posted.