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If the circles with a dark center are major airfield and the plain circles are minor airfields on the McMaster Normandy map there should be no lack of airfields with 35 major and 55 minor counted.

Yes that would be a nice size. The black ring circles look to be airfields > checked a few place names against [ame]http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf[/ame]

Instead of plunking down an airfield in any old field why not put them in the location future Allied ALGs would be located. To late now but topo maps of France, https://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/ww2/ww2_Fran_Belg_Holl_ndx100k.htm

Best engine sound of any sim/game.:thumbup:

Nerd. Were the wings thickened for the 20mm armed Mustangs? Nope, as there was enough thickness to accommodate the larger weapon. The gun jamming is not a myth, perhaps overblown tho.

398 P-51B-10-NAs, 390 P-51B-15-NAs, and 1350 P-51C-10-NTs were built, all powered by the V-1650-7 engine. 1990 B models 1759 C models As can be seen most of the C model had V1650-7 engines.

Administratively, Normandy is divided into five departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627 km² (11825 sq mi)

834th EAB engineers laying out the SMT tracks to reinforce the runway for intensive use by USAAF P-47s at Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (A1). runway: 09/17 - 1500m/5000ft - SMT aerial view more at http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/FR/lowernormandy/calvados.html#stpierre

Does that mean each time one 'flies' a Spitfire one can select a clipped or standard wing?

Required reading Long Reach VIII Fighter Command at War (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 31) This volume focuses on the little known official Army Air Force report commissioned by the Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command (FC) in May 1944. The detailed document chronicled the experiences of 24 pilots who had seen extensive service in the frontline escorting B-17s and B-24s on daylight raids deep into Germany. Briefed to provide a candid report on combat flying that could be used as a teaching 'manual' for potential fighter pilots, the VIII FC veterans openly discuss their secrets to success, and survival in the deadly skies over occupied Europe. Exactly half of those pilots who contributed to The Long Reach subsequently achieved ace status.

Yo-Yo, what gunsight will the Mk IX have?

Yes you are as Vokes is a manufacturer of air filters and not just for airplanes. The enlarged carburettor intake with built-in compact Vokes Aero-Vee universal dust filter was another feature introduced on the Mk. IX. It became standard only later during Mk. IX production, but was also retrofitted to many earlier machines.

Because as your 16 years of research should have shown you this is the Vokes filter you are confusing with the one fitted to the Mk IX.

If BS543 was an experimental and non standard, why was it issued to an operational squadron (403 Sqdn. 9-6-43) and failed to return from operations 22-8-43? You have data for serial produced Spitfires Kurfurst?

404mph @ 21,000ft

Article on DB engines, http://www.enginehistory.org/German/daimler-benz.shtml

All I did post post numbers and dates. 5026/17 dated 11.12.44 is a text document. 5026/18 dated 8.12.44 is a graph. 5026/26 and 5026/27 dated 19.1.45 are graphs. There was no well built a/c.

Who said the charts were from 8.8.44? Look again at dates for 5026/26 and 5026/27. "The stated performance figures are going to be reached with well-built serial production machines for certain. No specials were included in the calculations; improvements as in the case of Leistungsmaschine I., such as improved surface finish through special theatment to the airframe and surface protective layer on the wing and on the propeller, improved radiator passthrough, symmetrical ailerons, by which an additional ca. 12km/h gain in level flight can be expected. This 12 km/h will be only added to the calculations, if the above mentioned measures can be actually materialized for series production." Reality is that at that time well built machines were a fantasy. Up to the end of 12.44 some 854 (53.6%) K-4s had been constructed. Jan 45 had 338 (31.2%) constructed with a further 401 (25.2%) constructed in 2.45 and 3.45. It takes time for modifications to be implemented in the line. So the changes would be applicable to Feb and March 1945 production. So you want 1945 performance for a 1944 a/c?

5026/17 dated 11.12.44 5026/18 dated 8.12.44 5026/26 dated 19.1.45 5026/27 dated 19.1.45 kennblatt dated 1.11.44

Let me get this straight. There are those claiming the K-4 at 1.8ata should have the same top speed as the K-4 at 1.98ata? Btw, the G-14/AS had the same mg cover bulges as the K-4.

You remember WRONG. The ccc Spitfires were Mk Vs.

They did. One problem that became evident in service was the snap-off wing tips not working as expected. While they worked well under carefully controlled conditions in flight and on the ground, in the field, where aircraft were repetitively stressed by landing on carriers and since the wings were slightly less carefully made in the factories, there was a possibility that only one wingtip would break away with the possibility of the aircraft crashing. This was replaced with an explosives system to blow the wing tips off together, which also worked well, but this ended when a ground technician died due to an accidental triggering.

Osprey; V1 Flying Bomb Aces #113 https://ospreypublishing.com/v1-flying-bomb-aces Review, http://web.ipmsusa3.org/content/v1-flying-bomb-aces

Photos of MH434 from 1980 and 1984, http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-spitfire-mk-ixb-mh434-was-built-in-1943-at-vickers-castle-bromwich-80413649.html

Sounds like reality for late war German a/c.;)