You're right of course Adam - brain fade on my part! I was thinking of the SeaFire, of course.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:27 PM Subject: Re: GESO - Spitfire 70th Anniversary > The Hawker Sea Fury is utterly unrelated to the Spit. It's somwhat of a > development of the Tempest, but is likely related more closely to the > FW190 than anything else (The close-shrouded radial design was borrowed > from the Focke-Wulf, and that very nearly defined the airframe design, > only the wings came from the Tempest). > > -Adam > > > John Coyle wrote: >> I remember reading about that at the time, and, IIRC, the victories were >> ascribed to the superior manoeuvrability of the Sea Furies (which, of >> course, were late versions of the Spitfire adapted for carrier work). >> This >> was the same reason that the Gladiators which defended Malta against the >> Forze Aerea were able to survive as long as they did. >> >> John Coyle >> Brisbane, Australia >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 1:35 AM >> Subject: Re: GESO - Spitfire 70th Anniversary >> <SNIP>> >>> Heck, there was a case in the Korean War where 8 MiG-15's jumped 4 Sea >>> Furies, losing 1 MiG, 2 damaged MiG's, and a possible 2nd kill. The Sea >>> Furies were undamaged. >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
