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Old 14-04-2008, 02:44 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Adrian Roberts View Post
The Blenheim 1F's gun-pack had four machine-guns as opposed to a Spitfire's eight.
...and it was "only" four .303s in the gun pack - even so, I wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of just one but despite the apparent lack of punch, .303 equipped aircraft did pretty well!

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Roger Morewood must be an amazing bloke, though. There can't be many pilots still around who started their careers in Gloster Gauntlets.
You're right there, AR, no one springs to mind. About the closest I can think of is W/C Patrick Gibbs, who died recently, who flew Furies and Harts (I think) when he graduated from Cranwell.
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Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM.

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