Repost:Fleet Air Arm photo for Bert-Jan

Bert-Jan:
It is not a colored B&W Photo but original WWII Color.My notes (finally
found them)state it was an FAA repair depot in the UK.
Hub

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

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Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian
Sorry Brian, only one of this place I have ever found.
Hub

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Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

I believe the very first batch of Corsairs for the FAA (Mk I) did not have
"clipped" wings, but that subsequent marks (II,III and IV) did have them.
If this is a Mk I, it should have the original "birdcage" canopy, but it's
quite hard to tell because of the angle of the shot.

Regards

Pat Macguire

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Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

I believe the very first batch of Corsairs for the FAA (Mk I) did not have
"clipped" wings, but that subsequent marks (II,III and IV) did have them.
If this is a Mk I, it should have the original "birdcage" canopy, but it's
quite hard to tell because of the angle of the shot.

Regards

Pat Macguire


Looking more closely, I think you can see the canopy framing, rather than
the one-piece "blown" hood, thus confirming a Mk I (possibly!).

Other interesting points are the gas-detection diamond on the port wing and
the fact that the aircraft are lashed down.

Regards

Pat Macguire

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:18:18 GMT, wrote:

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

Great mix! 2 Seafires, a Corsair, 1 Martlet, 2 Barracudas and a nose I
can't identify. Very nice pic.

As a fan of the FAA, thank you!

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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:18:18 GMT, wrote:

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

Great mix! 2 Seafires, a Corsair, 1 Martlet, 2 Barracudas and a nose I
can't identify. Very nice pic.

As a fan of the FAA, thank you!

Having blown the picture up and used a fair amount of imagination, I think
the unidentified nose sticking out of the hanger to the left is second Sea
Hurricane, and behind it a whole bunch of mechanics are swarming over a
third. Is the second Seafire the one behind the two Barracudas?


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Dave

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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:18:18 GMT, wrote:

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

Great mix! 2 Seafires, a Corsair, 1 Martlet, 2 Barracudas and a nose I
can't identify. Very nice pic.

As a fan of the FAA, thank you!

Having blown the picture up and used a fair amount of imagination, I think
the unidentified nose sticking out of the hanger to the left is second Sea
Hurricane, and behind it a whole bunch of mechanics are swarming over a
third. Is the second Seafire the one behind the two Barracudas?


I thought that was another Martlet, something about the height and the
dihedral of the wing?

Regards

Pat Macguire

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:48:39 +0100, "Dave Whiley"
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:18:18 GMT, wrote:

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair without
clipped wings!

Brian

Great mix! 2 Seafires, a Corsair, 1 Martlet, 2 Barracudas and a nose I
can't identify. Very nice pic.

As a fan of the FAA, thank you!

Having blown the picture up and used a fair amount of imagination, I think
the unidentified nose sticking out of the hanger to the left is second Sea
Hurricane, and behind it a whole bunch of mechanics are swarming over a
third. Is the second Seafire the one behind the two Barracudas?


Isn't the one at the end, facing us (yellow spinner) a Seafire? With
such a narrow track landing gear...

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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:48:39 +0100, "Dave Whiley"
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:18:18 GMT, wrote:

Fabulous! Got any more? I'm especially intrigued by the Corsair
without
clipped wings!

Brian

Great mix! 2 Seafires, a Corsair, 1 Martlet, 2 Barracudas and a nose I
can't identify. Very nice pic.

As a fan of the FAA, thank you!

Having blown the picture up and used a fair amount of imagination, I think
the unidentified nose sticking out of the hanger to the left is second Sea
Hurricane, and behind it a whole bunch of mechanics are swarming over a
third. Is the second Seafire the one behind the two Barracudas?


Isn't the one at the end, facing us (yellow spinner) a Seafire? With
such a narrow track landing gear...


Thick wing + dihedral starting from centre-section not wing root =
Hurricane.


Regards

Pat Macguire