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Curtiss P-6E Hawk - No. 43 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1938

Curtiss P-6E Hawk - No.43 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1931 The 1926 Air Ministry requirement for a fast light day-bomber would eventually be met by the superb Hawker Hart first flown in 1928 and entering service in early 1930. The Hart had a level speed of 176mph making it slightly faster than the Bristol Bulldog (the RAF's front-line interceptor fighter) although this raised few eyebrows with the British public at the time until the Opposition leader Stanley Baldwin recruited the British press and soon caused a public outcry. Despite the tough economic times the Air Ministry proposed an emergency purchase of 40 Curtiss P-6E Hawk aircraft from the United States as an interim stop gap until the proposed Hawker Fury (a single-seat development of the Hart bomber) could be produced and introduced into squadron service. Fairey Aviation were selected to assemble and test the P-6E Hawk aircraft and to then support the aircraft in RAF service alongside a handful of Curtiss engineers based at the Great West Aerodrome near Heathrow. The first batch of 20 crated P-6E's were received during January 1931 and by March 1931 service pilots were assisting Fairey test pilots in introducing the aircraft into RAF service with No.43 Squadron being the first to re-equip with the type in April 1931 quickly followed by No.1 Squadron both based at Tangmere. The P-6E's remained in service until 1938 when they were replaced by Curtiss P-36K Mohawks.

Curtiss P-6E Hawk - No.43 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1931

Diolch yn fawr. Might do my W8 laptop this weekend and my W7 gaming rig after that.

Can you go from w7 to w10?

Sukhoi Su-54 http://combatace.com/files/file/14484-sf-su-54-marmotini/

British Aerospace Brigand FG.2 - No.1 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1991 http://combatace.com/files/file/14049-f-118ab-raider/

Have some Faith.

Arsenal VG-33 'Paloma' - Fuerza Aérea Argentina, 1953

Arsenal VG-33's

Very good and a cracking last piccie!

BAC Lightning F.Mk.54 - JG71 'Richthofen', German Air Force, 1972 The first rumours of an alleged bribery scandal surrounding the purchase of the Lockheed F-104G Starfighter by the West German Government coincided with the ferociously high attrition rate of the Starfighter in Luftwaffe and Marineflieger service. With the end of Lightning production on the near horizon BAC submitted a brochure to the Bonn Government and a joint committee of Luftwaffe and Marineflieger officials for a proposed multi-role Lightning based on the F.53 and this proposal was eagerly accepted leading to a production order for 200 Lightning F.54's which entered service in late 1968 with JG71.

BAC Lightning F.54 - JG71 'Richthofen'

Yникальный!

Dewoitine D.510 'Delphin' - No.3 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1937

"And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings"

Supermarine Spitfire IXe - MFG 2, Marineflieger, 1950

Délicieux!

Pre-War Dewoitine D.510

Strike Fighters 3:MacGyver

I don't get much 'Strike Fighters' time nowadays, and never on a weekday, but will see what I can do on the weekend.

Roger that. Edit: I did check the variants list on wiki and couldn't see F1H. I used 'H'' as the IAF M2K's use it.