UK1 K9370 Fairey Battle 1942 WrightField.jpg - 1 attachment
Savageduck wrote in
That's not your average Battle. Contra rotating props?
And in USA markings?
From Wikipedia: "Battle K9370 was used to test the Fairey Monarch
2,000+ hp (1,490+ kW) aero-engine with electrically-controlled
three-blade contra- rotating propellers in 1939. According to Jane's
All the World's Aircraft 1946-47, the aircraft was shipped to the
U.S.A. after 86 hours test time."
There also seem to be a strange set of unexplained exhaust headers
protruding low on the forward fuselage.
What were those hooked up to?
Perhaps
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