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1943
1943 - 0251.PDF
JANUARY 28TH, 1943 - FLIGHT 101 Aircraft of theAnglo-American Forces Review of British and U.S. Types in Operational Service "THIS is the fourth and last instalment of an alphabetical list of 69 different types of Service aircraft of British and American manufacture, 56 of •which have been dealt with in the three preceding issues of "Flight." MOSQUITO DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT CO., LTD., Gt. Britain.Light reconnaissance-bomber in service with the R.A.F. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin XXI liquid-cooled 12-cylinder "V" type engines, the Mosquito is of wooden construction, and its simple design lends itself to widely dis- persed manufacture. It is, incidentally, the first operational type to be developed by de Havilland since the last war, but it has gone right into the front rank ; it is probably the fastest aircraft of its type in existence, and its armament may consist of four 20 mm. cannon and four 0.303m. machine-guns. The daylight raid on the Nazi H.Q. at Oslo earned the Mosquito its first official mention. No performance figures have yet been released. Dimensions: Span 54ft. 2111., length 40ft. gin., height 15ft. 3in., wing area 420 sq. ft. SUNDERLANDS HORT BROS., Gt. Britain. Four-engined, long-rangepatrol flying-boat in service with the Coastal Command of the R.A.F., to whom it was first delivered in 1938. Adevelopment of the Empire " C " class commercial flying-boat, the hull is very roomy and the four Bristol Pegasus XXIInine-cylinder, air-cooled radial engines, each rated at 840 h.p. at 2,250 r.p.m. at 4,000ft., give it a top speed of 210 m.p.h.,and a cruising speed of 178 m.p.h. More powerful Bristol engines are fitted to recent versions, giving even better per-formance figures. Service ceiling is 20,500ft., and normal cruising range 1,780 miles, but an overload range of 2,900 milesis possible. Dimensions: Span 112ft. gin., length 85ft. 4111., height 32ft. ioin., wing area 1,487 sq. ft. SWORDFISHF AIREY AVIATION CO., LTD., Gt. Britain. Two-threeseater torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance biplane still in ser- vice with the Fleet Air Arm. Affectionately known as the" Stringbag," this aircraft is one of the old faithfuls of the Service. Powered by a 690 h.p. Bristol Pegasus III.M3 typenine-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine, it exists both as a land- plane with fixed undercarriage and as a floatplane, theformer, which is the more common form, having a top speed of 154 m.p.h., a cruising speed of 131 m.p.h., a service ceilingof 19,250ft. and a duration of 5.7 hr. It can carry one i8in. torpedo beneath the fuselage and small bombs beneath thelower wings. Dimensions: 45ft. 6in., length 36ft. 4m., height 12ft. loin. THUNDERBOLT •DEPUBLIC AVIATION CORP., U.S.A. Single-seater-tV fighter in service with the U.S. Army Air Force under the designation P-47B. Powered by a Pratt and Whitney DoubleWasp, 18-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine of 2,000 h.p., it is credited with a top speed in excess of 400 m.p.h., althoughno official performance figures have as yet been issued for publication. An exhaust-driven turbo-supercharger gives ita ceiling of more than 40,000ft., and a four bladed airscrew is used. One of the biggest single-seater fighters ever buirt,it is, in fact, a development of the much smaller Lancer, and R.A.F. pilots in America who have flown it speak extremelywell of its nice handling, comparing it with the best British types. Dimensions: Span 41ft., length 32ft. 8in., height 13ft.
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