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    Trainers, Falklands conflict & French aircraft.

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  1. Brilliant- I'll drop you a PM. Gareth
  2. Hi Gang, A couple of years ago I built a Spitfire as Star of Stone, a Mk.Va loosely connected with my home town, Stone, in Staffordshire. The aircraft was shot down by an FW-190 A in 1942. I know the square root of bugger all about these aircraft. (I CAN recognise one though!) The pilot was Hans Ehlers, and he was based Woensdrecht on the 19th of June 1942 when the events took place. The aircraft was, I believe, an A3 or A4 belonging to 6/JG 1. Has anyone got any information that might enable me to get close to the scheme worn, or even serials / ID codes? Thanks for any help, Gareth
  3. Very effective COIN airframe though, and won a good few export orders. I wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of it. (And the casual racism in your subsequent post is noted.)
  4. Very much of use John, thank you.
  5. Yes please, that would be great. Very kind of you Tim. Gareth
  6. Very helpful, thanks John. Gareth
  7. Thanks, that's a good start. Gareth
  8. Hi Gang, I got a 3D printer for Christmas, with the aim of making a 1/24 Vinten recce pod for my Harrier. Has anyone got any drawings I can use? Many thanks for any help, Gareth
  9. It was very late on - 13th June. LGB missions on the 14th were recalled as the white flag was seen over Stanley.
  10. Jerry Pook also describes the process in RAF Harrier Ground Attack Falklands. According to him the attack was a low level 'toss' delivery in coordination with a Forward Air Controller using a laser designator. Gareth
  11. Hi Selwyn, Thanks for the confirmation of the fins popping put on release. 👍 I'm a little confused that you say all LGB drops were unguided, as Squires is quoted in Air War South Atlantic describing his attack, and I have found this article that says that four drops were made with laser designation. Cheers, Gareth
  12. That's a very informative reply Mike, thank you. I'm thinking it would have been at a pretty high pitch angle for release. Thanks again, Gareth
  13. I'm building a GR.3 which I want to show dropping a Paveway LGB. I've read in Air War South Atlantic that the Harriers 'tossed' the bombs in to the laser designation, rather than the drop from high altitude we became used to seeing during the first Gulf War and after. One of the pilots is quoted as saying the bomb climbed to 3000 feet, so I'm assuming that it was a low altitude release, but does anyone know what sort of pitch angle it was? I'm guessing about 45 degrees but I think it could have been steeper for a steeper descent in to the laser 'basket'. Also, would the control surfaces that pop out of the rear fins deploy at this point, like a straight and level drop, or would there be a delay? Thanks for any help, Gareth
  14. Cheers Bertie, glad you like it. I never even considered the weight of the gun, which is embarassing given how much I've read about the problems that peaty ground gave the gunners (and troops in general). IT's stuck down so not a lot I can do about it now. Gareth
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