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From: Hog on 6 Jul 2010 05:25 ian field wrote: > "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >> Twin engines but designed by committee. Slow and heavy. >> I expect that the Mosquito NF radar equiped variant was rather >> effective by comparison. Which IIRC racked up a good kill rate >> against V1's > > > Interestingly they tried a Merlin engined version of the Beaufighter, > it wasn't very popular on account of unexplained evil handling ( I > think they foisted most of them onto the Polish squadrons - who > curiously didn't produce any aces on the Mk IIF). It was common talk in my ATC yoof that the geometry of the Beaufighter had been fucked around with and it was never going to be a stellar performer. The present Wiki seems to confirm. -- Hog
From: ian field on 6 Jul 2010 09:27 "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:4c32f6c8$0$12170$fa0fcedb(a)news.zen.co.uk... > ian field wrote: >> "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > >>> Twin engines but designed by committee. Slow and heavy. >>> I expect that the Mosquito NF radar equiped variant was rather >>> effective by comparison. Which IIRC racked up a good kill rate >>> against V1's >> >> >> Interestingly they tried a Merlin engined version of the Beaufighter, >> it wasn't very popular on account of unexplained evil handling ( I >> think they foisted most of them onto the Polish squadrons - who >> curiously didn't produce any aces on the Mk IIF). > > It was common talk in my ATC yoof that the geometry of the Beaufighter had > been fucked around with and it was never going to be a stellar performer. > The present Wiki seems to confirm. They were better than the Defiant, and until the Mosquito came along the best they had for that job.
From: Richard Bos on 6 Jul 2010 17:38 Ben L <bjlongman(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Although I suppose some credit is due: you don't spout your usual line > about public schoolboys when talking about the English football team. Well, duh! _Public_ schoolboys play rugby. Football is played by Comprehensive oiks. > Finally, you refer to the English as "limeys" but then write that "we > destroyed you." It's unclear if you're writing as an American or a Point of order: I call the British (Scots and Welsh get to be sailors, too) limeys, as well, and I'm neither a Merkin nor a Kraut. It is, after all, a well-deserved nickname. Richard
From: ian field on 7 Jul 2010 10:18 "Sn!pe" <snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jl8y6c.128ev4cvgutm5N%snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk... > Richard Bos <raltbos(a)xs4all.nl> wrote: > >> > Finally, you refer to the English as "limeys" but then write that "we >> > destroyed you." It's unclear if you're writing as an American or a >> >> Point of order: I call the British (Scots and Welsh get to be sailors, >> too) limeys, as well, and I'm neither a Merkin nor a Kraut. It is, after >> all, a well-deserved nickname. > > I don't think we Brits have a nickname for the Dutch, > unless maybe it's 'Cloggies'. Didn't Clegg have Duch ancestry somewhere?
From: Richard Bos on 10 Jul 2010 06:29
snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) wrote: > Richard Bos <raltbos(a)xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > > Finally, you refer to the English as "limeys" but then write that "we > > > destroyed you." It's unclear if you're writing as an American or a > > > > Point of order: I call the British (Scots and Welsh get to be sailors, > > too) limeys, as well, and I'm neither a Merkin nor a Kraut. It is, after > > all, a well-deserved nickname. > > I don't think we Brits have a nickname for the Dutch, > unless maybe it's 'Cloggies'. I'd be deeply insulted by this lack of attention, were it not that "Dutch" in itself is a term of opprobrium in English. Richard |