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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 0557.PDF
MARCH I6TH, 1944 287 ing Attitudes Westland Whirlwind Fighter-bomber. ORIGINALLY designed as a day and night fighter, the West-land Whirlwind has been successfully adapted as a fighter- bcmber for low-level attack against enemy ground installations and shipping, for which purpose it packs a formidable arma ment in the shape of four 20 mm. cannon grouped in the nose in addition to its bomb-load. Powered by a pair of 885 h.p. Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines, its top speed unhampered by bombs is 356 m.p.h. The placing of the high aspect-ratio tailplane high on the tail fin forms a distinctive recognition feature. The comparative bulk of the underslung nacelles compared with the very slim fuselage, the extreme widtli of the flat rectangular centre- section of the low wing and the short tapered outer-panels set at a dihedral angle are other prominent characteristics. Dimensions: Span 45ft., length 31ft. 6in., height 11ft. 7m., ' wing area 250 sq. ft. HAMP " is the U.S. code name bestowed on the Mitsubishi Navy O. Mk. II single-seater fighter, which is a clipped- wing version of the "Zeke."' It is powered by a 1,200 h.p, 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial Kinsei, which is an un ashamed copy of the Pratt and Whitney. Improvements on the later Mitsubishi fighters include the provision of bullet proof, or self-sealing, fuel tanks. Armament consists of two 20 mm. cannon in the wings, and two 7.7 mm. machine guns in the engine cowling; cannon and machine guns can be fired independently. Top speed is about 350 m.p.h. Recognition features, beside the square wing tips, include uniform taper and dihedral from roots, large tapered tailplane and fin and rudder, short blunt nose and fuselage tapering sharply in plan. Dimensions; Span 36ft. 6in., length 29ft. Sin., height 9ft., wing area 228 sq. ft. Mitsubishi Navy O. Mk. II (Hamp) Fighter.
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