[Von Paulus]

Ahhh, School Holidays...

Anyhow, In my last "Von P's WW2 Fact of the Day", I focused on the Suicidal Canadian Invasion of Dieppe, And realised I quite enjoyed typing out timelines...So I thought, Hey, I am quite interested in The Battle of Britain, so tommorrow's WW2 Fact will be all about that battle.

Today though, I thought I'd talk about some of the Aircraft involved..


German Aircraft


Messerschmitt 109E

Known to the Luftwaffe pilots as the 'Emil', the 109E was at least as fast as the Supermarine Spitfire (see below), but was found to be less manouverable, though more so than the Hawker Hurricane (see below)

Always handicapped by it's short range was further restricted by a bomb load later in the battle, when pressed into service in a fighter/bomber role.

Armament: Two 7.9mm machine guns and two 20mm cannons.

Max speed: 357mph


Junkers 87

The famous gull-winged Stuka was the main weapon which Goring turned against the RAF fighter bases. But the easy victories of past campaigns had been won in the absence of adequate fighter opposition, and the RAF pilots found the Stuka an easy prey. Severe losses in the operations throughout August destroyed it's reputation as the all-conquering weapon of the Luftwaffe, and the Ju-87 was withdrawn from the spearhead of the attack.

Bomb load: One 1,102lb, four 110lb bombs.

Max speed: 217mph

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British Aircraft

Supermarine Spitfire

The Spitfire fighter was the most agile machine in the battle - it could out-manouvere
even the Me-109E. Another vital superiority was it's firepower: eight wing-mounted Brownings which, though out-ranged by the German cannon, held a decisive concentration of rounds per second. In the Battle of Britain the Spitfire also had the advantage of fighting on home ground, unfettered by rhe range handicap of the 109E.

Armament: Eight .303inch machine-guns.


Hawker Hurricane

Britains first monoplane fighter was the numerical mainstay of RAF Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain. The Hurricane's ideal role was that of bomber-interceptor; as a rule, only the Spitfire could tackle the Me-109 on level terms, though the Hurricane scored ntable successes against bombers such as the Stuka and the Me-110. During the battle the Hurricane was already being replaced by the Spitfire as the standard RAF fighter.

Armament: Eight .303inch machine-guns.

Max speed: 328mph

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Tommorrow: The Battle of Britain

Note: If anyone has pictures,URLS regarding the planes discussed please post them.

Suggestions: Does anyone have any suggestions that could be used in upcoming Von P's WW2 facts of the day ?, If so please post your suggestions...

Thanks for reading..

[Hells-Angel]

hey I am of the same age and I am getting that to, oh damn, thx for another great fact, man planes have really changed since then.

[Recycled Spooge]

I love the Spitfire. It's my one my favorite planes. Great job!
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[Recycled Spooge]

Check it out, it's a Spitfire captured by the Germans.

[Recycled Spooge]

Italian Stuka.

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[Recycled Spooge]

Finnish Bf109. They used to use the swastika as their symbol on their planes before Hitler adopted it.


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[Von Paulus]

Hehe, Cool Pics!,That Spitfires cool... I always thought your name was "Recycled SpoNge", Oh well...Would someone please tell me how to insert images into posts...It would just save me a little time...

-Thanks again...

[Recycled Spooge]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Von Paulus:
Hehe, Cool Pics!,That Spitfires cool... I always thought your name was "Recycled SpoNge", Oh well...Would someone please tell me how to insert images into posts...It would just save me a little time...

-Thanks again...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> [img]insert%20link%20here[/img] But you can't have spaces.



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[Von Paulus]

I don't get it...Sorry...I just don't get it...(In response to Recycled Sponge)

[Recycled Spooge]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Von Paulus:
I don't get it...Sorry...I just don't get it...(In response to Recycled Sponge)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You write, [img].%20Then%20you%20write%20the%20link%20to%20the%20p icture.%20Then%20you%20write[/img]. [img]link[/img]

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[This message has been edited by Recycled Spooge (edited June 30, 2001).]

[Von Paulus]

[img]file:///Death%20Star/Desktop%20Folder/col_launch.jpg[/img]

[Von Paulus]

DAMN IT!

[Recycled Spooge]

You're doing it right but you just have a bad link.

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[Von Paulus]

So it can't be a link to somewhere on your computer? It has to be on the net ?

[Recycled Spooge]

Yep

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