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lynxd67 · December 01, 2006, 01:59:21 PM

Name these planes please - model numbers too. And for you americans, we too have a wall of remembrance for the american aircrew who died in the 2nd world war - all 10,000 of them

lynxd67 · December 01, 2006, 02:02:25 PM

Sorry about plane 1 - hope this photo resized will help

Otto Puzzell · December 02, 2006, 03:35:10 AM

I'm going to guess that plane 1 is a Hawker TF.58 Hunter

Otto Puzzell · December 02, 2006, 03:52:45 AM

Plane 3 is, I believe, a Fieseler Fi 156 C Storch

Otto Puzzell · December 02, 2006, 04:29:00 AM

....and plane 2 is a Fairey Swordfish Mk.1

lynxd67 · December 02, 2006, 04:46:27 AM

Correct on two, but plane one escapes you at the moment. I have confidence in you though1

Otto Puzzell · December 02, 2006, 08:15:42 AM

Missed the twin tails. I'll say revise my guess on plane 1 to de Haviland Vampire T11

lynxd67 · December 02, 2006, 11:21:10 AM

This man knows his stuuf, but can he get this one?

Otto Puzzell · December 03, 2006, 04:30:17 AM

Though it's no airplane, I'll bite. It looks like a MI-24 Hind-D

Otto Puzzell · December 03, 2006, 07:55:24 AM

Perhaps it's time to launch another member of the _________Puzzles.com family. How's AeroPuzzles.com strike you?

lynxd67 · December 03, 2006, 08:51:40 AM

Well, Airplanes aren't exactly my thing, but I am more than impressed by your knowledge. Here is my last effort to stump you though!

Otto Puzzell · December 03, 2006, 09:43:23 AM

BAC TSR2?

lynxd67 · December 03, 2006, 11:35:55 AM

I am about to give up, but I have a friend who is an aviation journalist in Switzerland I have asked to join in KarnUtz. If any one can stump you it will be him. Doi you rent yourself out as an encyclopedia from time to time? Here are my last two efforts:-

Otto Puzzell · December 03, 2006, 12:13:00 PM

Plane 7 looks like a Grumman F7 Tigercat.

lynxd67 · December 06, 2006, 01:30:21 AM

Correct on plane 7 but - er - no reply on plane 8?

Otto Puzzell · December 06, 2006, 03:18:18 AM

That's a toughie. I'll guess it's a Republic P-43 Lancer

lynxd67 · December 06, 2006, 03:53:56 AM

Hint - same make as number 7

Otto Puzzell · December 06, 2006, 06:11:40 AM

I sort of looks like an F6 Hellcat, but what looked like guns on the engine cowl tricked me. is it an F6?

lynxd67 · December 06, 2006, 07:51:59 AM

Not Tiger.... nor Hell... but

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Here's another couple to test you though! Incidentally, all this can be found at the museum at Duxford cambridge north east of London not far from the American USAF war cemetery

lynxd67 · December 06, 2006, 08:35:14 AM

As regards the aircraft above, the company was founded in 1931 by, amongst others, the novelist Neville Shute although this example was built in 1940 by another company under contract. Incidentally, re the photo attached here, is this the real one or is the real on in the USA?

Otto Puzzell · December 07, 2006, 03:38:40 AM

Plane 8 is a real puzzler. Grumman's F3 was a biplane, F4 wings were mounted higher (unless the perspective on this photo is throwing me off) , and every F8 I've seen has a bubble canopy.

Otto Puzzell · December 07, 2006, 03:44:24 AM

Plane 9 is, I think, a Bristol Blenheim (aka Type 142)

Otto Puzzell · December 07, 2006, 03:51:19 AM

To the best of my knowledge, Memphis Belle is undergoing a lengthy restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton, Ohio, after being vandalized and neglected for decades while on display in Tennessee.

lynxd67 · December 07, 2006, 04:15:54 AM

Frankly I can't blame you if you never get plane 9 because it is so obscure that even my aviation jouranlist friend with 30 years in the business couldn't get it. Attached is the description of it.

Otto Puzzell · December 07, 2006, 05:44:37 AM

Plane 8 looks like a CAC Boomerang...

You're sure it's a Grumman?

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