BluBear

08/01/1945 BluBear Air Claims: 0 Ground claims: 2x AAA, 1x Train Car, 1x Bridge damaged

Yes please I'm here

Yes please! I'm sure I can strong arm @PapaBear into joining too

We have a winner! Over to you Sidly

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Here goes! What's this?

06/01/1945 BluBear Air Claims: 0 Ground claims: 0 Got shot down behind enemy lines but smuggled myself back in an apple cart.

Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard?

Reporting for duty

Nice one Swep! What fugly bird, never heard of it.

Your turn sir!

Well, you can certainly see a resemblance in the nose and chunky radial cowlings. But the Breda wishes it had that performance!

You are both correct, but Sid just pipped you to the post by a minute it seems Jabo! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda_Ba.88_Lince A good looking bird, but utterly flawed; as soon as they started adding armour and weapons to it, barely able to get airborne apparently.

Hi all, please download Bob's new skin.

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Good shout Pa, but alas no. Here's another clue:

Only thing is Dave, it's not yet been confirmed that it'll definitely take place at Sywell (if indeed at all). There was some speculation when Duxford released their airshow dates for this year that it may return there, though no word since. Tentative conclusion being that this year's announced IWM-run dates are June, August, September and October, leaving the July dates either free for TFC to take or so as not to clash if at Sywell. Admittedly the latter is most likely, but TFC have been unusually quiet so far. Also, just happened across this recent discussion. https://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=86930 TEXANTOMCAT helps run the museum at Sywell and is usually quite well informed.

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Howdy chaps. I felt like resurrecting this for a bit of fun. For newcomers, see the below instructions. And to restart the quiz, what aircraft is this?

What those gits said ^^^

It'll more than likely be the weekend before Sidly, whilst they have clashed in the past, FL is always held on the first or second weekend of July.

Awaiting confirmation from the Fighter Collection I believe, no announcement yet... If it's on, I'm there with bells on.

05/01/1945 BluBear Air Claims: 1x Bf 109K-4 Probable (head on collision) Ground claims: 0 Whilst lining up on the six of a 109 in a tight right bank, another unsighted K4 collided with me head on. Blacked out and wounded, I thought I was a goner. However, I managed to regain my senses enough in a flat spin at about 5000ft to drag myself out of the stricken 38 bailing out to the relative safety of a field I'd guess somewhere near Gelsdorf. I continued to watch from my descending chute as the melee ensued; can confirm at least three other 109s destroyed by the 402nd from my vantage point. What a furball! Note to self: 6x500lbs not the ideal load-out for such missions.

Great vid. If I recall correctly, the technique on the Buccaneer was to select u/c up about two thirds into the take-off run which would unlock the gear but not actually retract it. As soon as weight was taken of the wheels they'd automatically retract and the pilot just maintained that altitude Ray Hanna style until the threshold. Very cool.