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1946
1946 - 1114.PDF
FLIGHT No. 2—SHORT Operating fromWing Cdr. W. H. SUNDERLAND V Calshot and commanded by Tremear three Sui<clerlands of No. 201 Squadroncane. Sunderlands naissance flyingvarious marks were Mk HI had fourwhile the Mk V cylinder r a d i a 1 s.m.p.h. The weighs near-of 112ft gin t o fourteenand depth the wings. will follow the leading Hurri-are tried and proven recon- boats of pre-war design, andin service during the war. The Bristol Pegasus XVIII engineshas Pratt and Whitney 14- The max. speed is over 200Sunderland, which ly 27 tons, has a spanand is armed with up 0.303m guns. Bombscharges are carried in Fly-past speed, 150 m.p.h. No. 3—HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX C. VIII From Transport Command No. 297 Squadron, led by Sqn.Ldr. Hobbs, will fly _ Halifax VIIIs. Early marks of this bomber had four M* Merlin engines but on the IIIthese were replaced by ^B Bristol Hercules radials, and X on the Mk VIII trans-Hercules ioos is 1,650 carried a maximum oflage and wing centre weight of 65,000 lb.ment the Mk passengers o rtroops, and a pannier fitted incarry approxi- freight. The port version the output of theii.p. each. The Mk VI bomber G| tons of bombs in the fuse-sections, and it had an all-up Stripped of military equip-VIII carries eleven twenty-fourlarge boat-shaped the bomb bay willmately 8,000 1b of dimensions are the same for the later marks except tor a 2ft increase in lengthto 73ft 7in for the Mk VIII. The span is 104ft, the cruising speed 270 m.p.h. at 5,000ft. Fly-past speed, 185 m.p.h. No. 4—AVRO LANCASTER III and VII Representing Bomber Command in the fly-past, No. 35Squadron will operate twelve Lancasters from Grave- ley. This squadron commanded by Wing Cdr. J.L. V. Craig, D.S.O., ^k, D.F.C., has an invitation to take part in America in ^^ their Air Forces Da,y display on August' 1 st. Themost famous bomber with Rolls-Royce Merlinof which were built the Packard Company),but the VII is a long- use in the Paci-caster measures normally thelb. The bomb accommodatesfew special modified to carry a 22,000armament for the Lancaster the top speed is 275 m.p.h. 1b Lancaster is probably theever built, and is powered liquid-cooled engines (manyunder licence in the U.S.A. by The two marks are similarrange version developed for lie theatre. The Lan-102ft in span and max*, weight is 68,000bay is 33 ft long and about eight tons. ALancasters have been 'Grand Slam." The standard V PARADE Details of Squadrons and 5 0ME thirty-nine squadrons will be represented inthe R.A.F. fly-past on V-Day, June 8th, and,weather permitting, aircraft of No. I Squadron will fly high overhead to produce contrails so familiar in Battle of Britain days. Although rehearsals have been in progress for some weeks, it will not be until the actual day that the full number of 304 aircraft form up and fly over. Practices on the V-Day route have been confined to skeleton formations only. The squadrons will form up according to aircraft type and speed and will converge on Fairlop, near Romford, Essex, from the direction of Foulness on the coast. The first squadrons will move off from Ford, near Bognor on the South Coast, and Great Yarmouth on the East Coast, and in the case of the Naval aircraft from Ford, will follow the coastline round to Dover, collecting other squadrons at Eastbourne and Dungeness on the way. The East Coast group will fly to Stowmarket while others fly from Bentwaters and Boxted. Some of the jet fighters will operate from West Mailing and will fall in behind the main Southern stream near Each stream will be under separate G.C.I, control during g eight-g, countet aircraft Britain of Briti h.p. R( gine gr f and th Fly-pas Conterbi forming is ten 0.303m Browning guns, and Fly-past speed, 185 m.p.h. No. 5—D.H. MOSQUITO XXX, XXXIII, XXXVI The Mosquito is the most suc-cessful twin-engine multi-purpose aircraft ever built, and examples(72 aircraft in all) will be flown over by No. 811 Squadron (Mk XXX Sea Mos-quito), commanded by Lt. Cdr. S M P Walsh D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.V.R., and by Nos. 25 29 219(Sqn. Ldr. R. G. Wilkinson, D.F.C.) and 151 Squadrons (Mk XXX), and No 264 4(Wing Cdr. M. P. C. Corkery), 21, 107 (Wing Cdr. W. C. Maher, D.F.C.), 85 and248 (Mk XXXVI) (Wing Cdr. J. V. Hoggarth). Nos. 4, 21 and 107 are B.A.F.O. Squadrons. The Sea Mosquito has fold-ing wings and is equipped with two Rolls-Royce Merlin 25 engines. The Marks XXX and XXXVI night fighters haveMerlin engines for high-altitude operation, and their top speed at 30,000ft is over 400 m.p.h. The span is 54ft 2in, and themax. weight is 25,000 lb. Fly-past speed, 220 m.p.h. No. 6—BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER The Beaufighter squadron willbe No. 254 from Thorney Island. Hundreds of these aircraft wereused from 1944 until the end of the war as night fighters,bombers, torpedo aircraft, and for low-level attack with mixed armament. The Beaufighter X hastwo Bristol Hercules engines, each giving 1,700 h.p., and due to*the nature of its duty as a two-seat torpedo and rocket aircraft for day and night operation has a high speed (over 300m.p.h.) at low levels. The armament is four 20 mm forward-firing guns, and the observerhas a free 0.303m gun. The span is 57ft ioin, and the flying weight is 25,400 lb. The max. speed is 320 m.p.h. Fly-pastspeed, 220 m.p.h. No. 7—BLACKBURN FIREBRAND IV Operating from Ford, the nineFirebrand IVs of No. 813 Squadron are commanded by Lt. Cdr. Lee-White, M.B.E., R.N. Lt. W. Orr, R.N., senior pilot of the squadronwhich originally flew Fairey Swordfish, was the first pilot to make a deck landing at night on anescort carrier. Representing a new class developed for operation from aircraft carriers, the Firebrandis often called a " strike " aircraft. The engine is a Bristol Centaurus XI 18-cylinder radialdeveloping 2,500 h.p., and this gives the Fire- brand IV a top speed of 350 m.p.h. The armament oi lour20 mm guns enables it to be used as a fighter, but it is also equipped to carry a torpedo or two 1,000 lb bombs. The spanis 51ft 3in, and weight 16,230 lb. Fly-past speed, 220 m.p.h
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