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[LuseKofte]

[an-dre-as]

Oups! Great picture, LeOne!

[mellow214]

Wouldn't want to be in that He-111!

[SAS~Storebror]

[LuseKofte]

Nice pictures, just an idea I had opening up this. I seen so many and it might be a smart way to collect them

[Gaston]

Me-109 over the Alps...



Ground crew...

[LuseKofte]

@ Mike, that P-40 with cannons, do you know the story about it? 20 mm?

[SAS~Tom2]

Otto, that's a P-51A.

[LuseKofte]

Crap, you are right the allison engine got me fooled. Anyway, it is still a unusual armament

[SAS~Storebror]

Otto, that's a P-51A.

still a unusual armament

Let's be precise chaps, it's not a P-51A. It's a P-51 and so the armament is just normal.
P-51 was the first order of the U.S. Army, designated NA-91 by North American.
Since the U.S. Army wasn't happy with the mixed armament on british Mustangs, they opted for the depicted 4 hispano 20mm wing cannon loadout.
That didn't pay out and many aircrafts of this lot were converted to F-6A recon planes or shifted to the brits who reverted the armament to their mixed layout again, designating the aircraft "Mustang Mk.IA".

The P-51A would be "NA-99" or "Mustang Mk.II" and it would carry cal .50s in the wings.

Best regards - Mike

[LuseKofte]

  Again , I am sorry , I draw from the hip too often

I never knew about the Hispano armament, then again I am not a fighter type at all. I am glad things was put straight right away

Norwegian Moscito over mountains

[SAS~Tom2]

Otto, that's a P-51A.

still a unusual armament

Let's be precise chaps, it's not a P-51A. It's a P-51 and so the armament is just normal.
P-51 was the first order of the U.S. Army, designated NA-91 by North American.
Since the U.S. Army wasn't happy with the mixed armament on british Mustangs, they opted for the depicted 4 hispano 20mm wing cannon loadout.
That didn't pay out and many aircrafts of this lot were converted to F-6A recon planes or shifted to the brits who reverted the armament to their mixed layout again, designating the aircraft "Mustang Mk.IA".

The P-51A would be "NA-99" or "Mustang Mk.II" and it would carry cal .50s in the wings.

Best regards - Mike

Never too old to learn something.

Great shots Otto, I enjoyed them.