Mike Henley wrote:
"展奄rdo" wrote in message
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Therefore wrote:
Hello
Information on the Vampires and Venoms sought
Were they ever used in wartime and were they successful in their rolls.
What aircraft if any did they fly against
Pictures of any actions would be appreciated
Not on this subject but still aircraft related did the British give to
the Russians Rolls Royce engines and technology that could have been used
against Americans in Korea
Yes, the British provided the Rolls Royce Nene to Russia.
What's this about "used against America"? Whatever the History Channel
may tell you, the Korean conflict was a United nations operation and many
other nations were involved.
Doesn't the involvement of the Republic of Korea, Australia, Belgium,
Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the United
Kingdom count?
"used against America" was most likely just a general statement due to the
fact the USAF had an average of 9 fighter wings and 3 bomber wings deployed
during the war (with some RAF pilots assigned), while the RAF had one
Sunderland flying boat wing (2 squadrons) in Japan. The USN had 2-4 aircraft
carriers on the line during the entire war (TF 77) that flew over 301,000
strike flights. The Commonwealth had one carrier (TF 95) on the line flying
over 25,000 flights. USN escort carriers in TF 95 flew another 20,000
flights.
Indeed, but it's back to the History Channel perception that only
America was involved, as mentioned in another thread in this group.
http://www.korean-war.com/AirWar/GreatBritain.html
A better picture is given here of Britain and the Commonwealth's
contribution - and wasn't that the war where a British piston engined
aircraft shot down a MiG-15?
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