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  1. robinbird

    Pre Operation Varsity

    Dad spent 1943 at Sherburn-in-Elemet photographing top secret trials of gliders for major landings such as Operation Varsity on this day March 24 1945. The secret trials were not so much about the gliders but how they handled carrying troops, panniers , field guns and even tanks (in...
    • robinbird
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    • 1945 airborne forces airborne forces experimental establishment airmobile allies assault glider british army glider glider infantry great britain transport glider world war ii
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. A

    Breguet Stratospheric Transports

    Hello, my first time starting a thread on here so excuse me if I did something wrong. Between 1941 and 1945 Breguet studied a series of 3 aircraft projects of very large proportions designed to carry large quantities of passengers and freight at high altitudes. The projects were known as the...
    • Adler
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    • airliner allies axis powers breguet 1000 tonne transport breguet 230 tonne transport breguet 500 tonne transport bréguet 850 bréguet 851 bréguet aviation civil aviation ministère de l'air provisional government of the french republic transport aircraft vichy france world war ii
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  3. Nik

    B-29: spare engine ferry ?

    First, my apologies: Recent eye-surgery has temporarily hobbled my Google_Fu... ( APHont and Ctrl-Scroll zoom for the win...) IIRC, US sent but one (1) B-29 to UK to astonish and, yes, boost morale... If deployed in numbers, such as for Silver-plate / Saddletree delivery, some spares might...
    • Nik
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    • allies european theater of operations great britain strategic bomber united states united states army air forces usaaf world war ii
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. E

    Hudson Mk.V Defensive Armaments

    Hello, recently I've come across a 1942 Data Sheet for the Lockheed Hudson Mk.V aircraft, and in this sheet it lists the aircraft having: * 2 x Fixed forward Firing .303s (500 rounds per gun) * 2 x .303s in Dorsal turret (2000 rounds per gun) * 1 x .303 in a ventral Position (1000 rounds per...
    • Ewan T
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    • allies lockheed royal air force royal australian air force royal canadian air force united states united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. DWG

    RN 20Kt Fast Oiler, 1945 Programme

    In reading "Diary of A Wartime Naval Constructor", DNC Sir Stanley Goodall's wartime diary, I can identify most of the ships referred to, but there are repeated references to a 20Kt Fast Oiler, probably for the 1945 Programme, where I'm coming up blank. 1942 P136. 11 November: … Bateson...
    • DWG
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    • 1940s 1945 allies british pacific fleet director of naval construction (royal navy) fleet replenishment oiler great britain logistics pacific ocean theater replenishment oiler royal navy world war ii
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  6. P

    Spitfire alternative history: what happens if everything "goes to plan"?

    As any deeply invested Spitfire fan knows, the intended major developments never eventuated and the history of the Spitfire was one of interim variants that did very well. The dead ends are as follows: SPITFIRE III: Merlin 20 development with four cannon and major airframe revisions; abandoned...
    • pathology_doc
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    • air ministry allies alternate history british commonwealth british empire fleet air arm great britain improved spitfire raf fighter command royal air force royal navy supermarine aviation ltd vickers-armstrongs limited what-if world war ii
    • Replies: 68
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  7. Grey Havoc

    80th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden (2024)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78d649vzlqo https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cqlvd41pnk7o https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/21/parachute-drop-near-arnhem-marks-80-years-since-operation-market-garden...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 101st airborne 1944 1st airborne division 1st independent parachute brigade (poland) 82nd airborne airborne forces allies battle of arnhem british army first allied airborne army glider infantry glider pilot regiment great britain operation market-garden paratroopers polskie siły zbrojne na zachodzie reichskommissariat niederlande united states army world war ii xxx corps
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Military
  8. blockhaj

    Lieutenant Norman Samuels' "super-heavy tank"

    So a dude on the War Thunder forums, "Whelmy", found some docs on this Canadian "super heavy tank" a number of years back, designed by a Canadian dude named (lieutenant) Norman Samuels. Unfortunately i only saved one of the documents from his posts, but he did publish a number of them back in...
    • blockhaj
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    • allies british commonwealth canada canadian canadian army norman samuels super heavy tank tank design world war ii
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  9. R

    Pinnacle of Piston fighter: Last US piston fighters vs Spiteful Mk XVI?

    Due to the jet age, various super props never go to production despite their high performance. Among those, it can be said that XP-72 and Spiteful F.16 were the most high capable design. So let say if these prototype got to production stage, which would be the ultimate piston fighter? XP-72...
    • Ronny
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    • allies british commonwealth fighters fleet air arm great britain post-world war ii pursuit aircraft royal air force royal navy united states united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 92
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  10. M

    Tufi airfield in New Guinea?

    I am reading an article on the LW/AW radar set designed in Australia. It states the first production unit went into full operation at Tufi in November 1942. When I google Tufi airfield, all I find is this web page, which claims it was built in the 1960s...
    • Maury Markowitz
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    • allies australian new guinea administrative unit british commonwealth commonwealth of australia new guinea campaign new guinea force oro province pacific ocean theater radar royal australian air force territory of papua united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Military
  11. W

    Belyayev pusher fighter?

    A German report on Allied aircraft discovered by Gregory D. Heuer at NARA and published at the Luft46 Facebook public group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/678300375530524?locale=pt_PT, showing what I believe is a Soviet Belyayev design, sharing many "EOI" or "PBI" features. Comments are...
  12. A

    WW2 War-Winning Kit.

    Himself a crucial Allied asset (imposing Jointery, heedless of uniform colour) SACEUR Ike's Memoir (Crusade in Europe) gave 5 “pieces of eqpt (we) came to regard as among the most vital (to) success” (in his ETO: doubtless a Macarthur Pacific list would differ). Published in 1948 he disclosed no...
  13. Grey Havoc

    The Met Office in WW1

    https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/library-and-archive/archive-hidden-treasures/first-military-forecast
    • Grey Havoc
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    • allies armée de terre british army british commonwealth british empire france french third republic great britain meteorological field service meteorological office meteorological survey the great war triple entente united kingdom weather reconnaissance western front world war i world war one ww1 wwi
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  14. S

    British hybrid battleships: projects and proposals

    the richelieu hybrid: https://www.laroyale-modelisme.net/t20387-jean-bart-hybride-1-400 (in french)
    • sgeorges4
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    • aircraft carrier allies battlecarrier battleship british commonwealth british empire fleet air arm great britain interwar period royal navy world war ii
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  15. Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)

    Italian Bombs, Bombers and Bombing Tactics over Malta (1940-1943)

    Hi all, The purpose of this thread is to compile and present sources regarding Italian bomb types, fuzes and tactics used in the Central Mediterranean from their entry into the War in 1940 to the Armistice of Cassibile in 1943. This is meant to complement my other thread about German equipment...
    • Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)
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    • allies axis powers british empire early 1940s great britain kingdom of italy light bomber malta mediterranean mediterranean and middle east theatre mediterranean theater (wwii) medium bomber regia aeronautica strategic bomber world war ii
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Military
  16. E

    Général Keller's 1939 French tank program vehicles

    Hi everyone, This thread is about the French tanks designed or contemplated for the new tank program drawn up by the French Inspector of Tanks in December 1939-February 1940, Général Keller. This wartime program was intended to organize development of tanks in control of the infantry branch...
    • Elan Vital
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    • 1930s allies armée de terre early 1940s french third republic heavy tank late 1930s superheavy tank tank tank design world war ii
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  17. A

    American Experimental Fighters of WWII by Tony Buttler

    American Experimental Fighters of WWII The Pursuit of Excellence Author: Tony Buttler https://www.crecy.co.uk/american-experimental-fighters-of-wwii
    • AL
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    • allies fighters united states united states army air corps united states army air forces united states marine corps united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  18. T

    Engine ratings during late WWII

    Is the water-alcohol injection R-2800 on the P-47s, so they can make 2300-2600-2800 HP instead of 2000-2100 HP, also cheating? Engineer in ww2: we've managed to make our engines do extra 15-20-30% HP more, with reasonable reliability. 21st century enthusiast: cheater! Three things: - there...
    • tomo pauk
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    • allies axis powers early 1940s world war ii
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Propulsion
  19. Grey Havoc

    D-Day 80th Anniversary

    https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c844ryz2j9do https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn44ed7yelzo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv224djxepxo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgee4nr11kyo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22nyzy63zo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n1gw00l5jo...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1944 2024 allies axis powers d-day european theater of operations fortress europe operation overlord second front the longest day western front world war ii
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Military
  20. U

    What's the situation of the Royal Navy if the WW2 broke out in 1944, not 1939?

    When I was surfing the Internet, I saw a post on the World of Warship Forum(https://forum.worldofwarships.eu/topic/3095-what-if-the-war-began-in-1944-royal-navy-battleships/) that an article assuming World War II would have broken out in 1944. And after reading that, I wondered what would...
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