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By: - 12th May 2019 at 11:44 Permalink
She is also displayed now with a larger, bulbous bomb aimers perspex nose instead of the original short perspex. The paddle blades helped increase performance if i remember correctly. I don`t know when they were fitted, possibly when she was restored post war perhaps?.
By: - 12th May 2019 at 14:08 Permalink
I wonder how many of those young men survived the war :(
By: - 12th May 2019 at 15:19 Permalink
Brave men, each and every one of them. We really do owe them all so very much.
Thank you gentlemen.
Old Towzer.
By: - 12th May 2019 at 16:22 Permalink
Hear hear the above.
By: - 12th May 2019 at 16:46 Permalink
Has anyone told the RAF Museum?
Looks like they've forgotten
Can't see anything on their website homepage
By: - 12th May 2019 at 22:03 Permalink
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S-Sugar being refueled prior to its 100th
By: - 12th May 2019 at 23:06 Permalink
The paddle blades helped increase performance if i remember correctly. I don`t know when they were fitted, possibly when she was restored post war perhaps?.
One of the photos over on WiX dated May '45 shows her with the paddle blade props.
By: - 13th May 2019 at 14:17 Permalink - Edited 13th May 2019 at 14:19
The '100 up' photos in May 1944 show the needle props still in place, and 1945 shots show the paddle blades so presumably the swap was done during the major rebuild of the aircraft between August and November 1944. The RAFM history notes that four new Merlin 22 engines were fitted at this time along with the H2S blister..
By: - 13th May 2019 at 15:54 Permalink
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Quite an extensive rebuild it was too! Note the nose section, extreme left of the picture.
By: - 13th May 2019 at 19:53 Permalink - Edited 13th May 2019 at 19:54
To add to the discussion about markings and config. over the course of her career, I stumbled over the following clip on the IWM archive site a few weeks ago. From 09.17 onward, '868 is shown in good detail. She has all the later features others have mentioned (big nose bowl, H2S blister), but what surprised me were the spinners. Red tips?? Judge for yourself.
( Note: the clip opens with some air-air footage of 617sqn, including Mustang lead ship, interesting in itself).
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By: Flat 12x2 - 12th May 2019 at 09:53
Mark Allen posted over on WiX, lots of photos throughout her history, went on to complete 137 missions and now at Hendon
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=69500&sid=1f9d8dc8bb674740979314707cab0677
Anybody care to tell me the differences about the props, pointed ones in the pic, but later with the rounded ones, as at Hendon now?
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