Early Spitfire Mk IXc

[ZachariasX]

14 hours ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said:

Cropped Supercharger Model with 4x20mms

Of note is the six-a-side stack for that LF Mk.Vc.

 

Seen also here on a photo of what is probably the original to your drawing, also featuring correty the Mk.IX stacks:

 

By 1944, they probably didn't produce the three-a-side stacks anymore and were certainly not happy making them extra for spares.

 

On 12/8/2020 at 2:43 AM, sevenless said:

 

Oh yes! Bring it on!

 

Johnsons EN398 looks as if it had clipped wings on this photo. But I guess that is because of the wing taper that is directly in line with the camera position.

Edited December 14, 2020 by ZachariasX

[Bremspropeller]

1 hour ago, JV69badatflyski said:

The spit 9M61 do not really fit the time frame of the map, it's a 42 airplane, not a 44.
(see graph)

as for the 9 with M63, more than 95% of them were send to the mto, so once again , not a normandy plane.

 

 

That graph is incomprehensible without any more information given.

 

Of course it's not a 1944 plane - that's the whole idea behind this thread. The pre-invasion map, which will be part of BoN, fits a 1942 or 1943 timeframe just alright.

And so does a separately offered Spitfire IXc covering the time-period of 1942 thru 1944.

 

[sevenless]

52 minutes ago, ZachariasX said:

Johnsons EN398 looks as if it had clipped wings on this photo. But I guess that is because of the wing taper that is directly in line with the camera position.

 

Yep, it is the angle of the photographer. EN398 was given to him in March 1943, when he took over the Canadian fighter wing (No 144) at Kenley.

 

[JV69badatflyski]

29 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

 

That graph is incomprehensible without any more information given.

 

Of course it's not a 1944 plane - that's the whole idea behind this thread. The pre-invasion map, which will be part of BoN, fits a 1942 or 1943 timeframe just alright.

And so does a separately offered Spitfire IXc covering the time-period of 1942 thru 1944.

 

SQ: Number of airframes assigned to squadrons
MU: Number of airframes in Maintenance or in Awaiting Delivery (Data not fine-tuned as for the Mk14)
MED: Number of airframes assigned/send to MTO
SOC: Number of airframes destroyed/out of order.

Otherwise, the French coast in 42 wasn't the same as in 44.....as the airfields on both sides, jusy saying, as i'm maping 200 airfields on the french side, i got an idea of what it was like

[Bremspropeller]

8 minutes ago, JV69badatflyski said:

Otherwise, the French coast in 42 wasn't the same as in 44.....as the airfields on both sides, jusy saying, as i'm maping 200 airfields on the french side, i got an idea of what it was like

 

That may be true, but it's the only map we'll have for a long tome, so we'll have to make do.

N'est-ce pas?

 

In that case, there's those two airframes I'd like to see:

 

The early IXc with the aforementioned mods.

The LF Vc with the mods mentioned by Klaus and Zach.

 

 

[Bremspropeller]

 

IXe with small rudder - almost what we're hyping for...

Edited December 17, 2020 by Bremspropeller

[MiloMorai]

On 12/14/2020 at 9:35 AM, JV69badatflyski said:

SOC: Number of airframes destroyed/out of order.

 

out of order would be U/S (unserviceable). They are still accounted for in the squadron oob.

[JV69badatflyski]

On 12/17/2020 at 6:12 PM, MiloMorai said:

 

out of order would be U/S (unserviceable). They are still accounted for in the squadron oob.

Hi Milo, don't play with words, Soc= Struck of Charge what means airframe destroyed, unusable due to contact with enemy munitions, involuntary contact with the ground, sudden loss of needed parts like wings for example, due to  pilot actions who thought  it was a good idea of putting the nose into the ground because it's spring and he wanted to help prepare the ground for the local farmer, because the pilot was a noob , because 2 hot headed pilots wanted to play chicken and suddenly both the airframes melted with each other....we can go a long time this way 
Once an airframe is SoC, it doesn't exist anymore. it's removed from the RAF list. Point.

[MiloMorai]

Out of Order = not working (not operational) = u/s

 

Have you seen an elevator with an OoO sign? Parts come in and it becomes serviceable (operational) again.

 

SOC can be for many reasons such as destroyed, not worth fixing, too old, ...

[=ARR=Rempha]

On 11/15/2020 at 1:33 AM, SYN_Luftwaffles said:

Still waiting on the IAR 80/81 lol

I would buy the IAR 80/81 at full price. It would be nice to have it as a plane on eastern front (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAR_80#IAR_81)

[BlitzPig_EL]

A premium plane pack with the IAR 80/81, Hs 123, I-153 and Hawk 81 (P40A/B) would be an instant buy from me.

[Mollotin]

the thing with such premium planes is that everyone wants different ones.

 

i would like to see Brewster F2A buffalo, Morane saulnier 406, Fiat G50 and a fokker D.XXI

 

someone might guess why those planes

[BlitzPig_EL]

Another fine list sir.

[easterling77]

18 hours ago, Mollotin said:

the thing with such premium planes is that everyone wants different ones.

 

i would like to see Brewster F2A buffalo, Morane saulnier 406, Fiat G50 and a fokker D.XXI

 

someone might guess why those planes

And here we have a Finish Pilot Sir??

 

I totaly agrree with your statement - fullfilling all hopes and wishes isn't possible.

I'm simply glad with every new content for this supreme Sim....but shure, the Finish faction and a Leningrad/Karelian Map....oooooh that would be awsome

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by easterling77

[sevenless]

On 12/26/2020 at 5:57 PM, BlitzPig_EL said:

A premium plane pack with the IAR 80/81, Hs 123, I-153 and Hawk 81 (P40A/B) would be an instant buy from me.

 

Yes on Hs 123, was used until 1944, so would make a great collector for BoM, BoS and BoK timeframes. And also the I-153, which was used until 1943 as a groundpounder. Both insta collector buys for me.

[Bremspropeller]

I'd like an MC 205. Like on an MTO map...

 

That one could support additional Spitfire marks, too.