The Hurricane was a more stable gun platform than the Spitfire.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the Hurricane was even used by the Russians, and it was equipped with 20mm cannons and used at teh Eatern Front offensive...
The Hurricane was a more stable gun platform than the Spitfire.
The Hurricane was a more stable gun platform than the Spitfire.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the Hurricane was even used by the Russians, and it was equipped with 20mm cannons and used at the Eastern Front offensive...
The beauty of the Hurricane over the Spitfire, it could absorb more punishment and was easier to repair and to answer Viper, yes she was a more stable platform then the Spitfire.
The Spitfire was a thoroughbred, while the Hurricane was a workhorse. Without a doubt in my opinion, the Spitfire was the most beautiful aeroplane ever produced.
The Hurricane 2 was equipped with two 40 mm cannons and was a great tank buster. The pilots were never sure when they had hit the tanks as the shells would go straight them. It the western desert the troops called it the can opener
It is true that the Spit was a beauty indeed, but I kinda fancy the P-51 Mustang, esprecially the D model, powered by the Rolls Royce Merlin engine.
Coming back to the thread, I just wonder what happened to the Poles finally after the war? These were true heroes, they need to be acknowleged for their sacrifices made during the war.
Coming back to the thread, I just wonder what happened to the Poles finally after the war? These were true heroes, they need to be acknowleged for their sacrifices made during the war.
Lets face it the Mustang was designed to British Spec's and the US had little interest in it till they went to war. It was the British that decided to put a Merlin engine in it and turn it into a world class fighter, and the Bubble canopy was also a British conversion that was taken up by America.
Many of the Poles and Checz's stayed on in Britain along with nearly 100.000 Germans rather than go home ander live under Communist rule
OK, I can understand the Checz and the the Poles, but 100,000 Germans? Were they PoWs? Or are they refugees from the war?
This is getting interesting...
OK, I can understand the Checz and the the Poles, but 100,000 Germans? Were they PoWs? Or are they refugees from the war?
This is getting interesting...
When I lived in Essex, a friend of mine, his dad was a German POW, apparently he was a 88 gunner when he was captured I beleive in North Africa. He ended up as a POW in Essex and married a local girl after the war. As LeeEnfield said, many of them were from what became East Germany and had enough of despotic rule.
During the war there were also about 10,000 Germans who fought for the British.
Ok, Mr Brit, now I get the picture that these Germans who stayed behind in UK after war, they did it for reasons that you and others mentioned.
As for Germans fighting for the Allies, or in this case the British- the only time I heard of something like this was a unit called S.I.G (Special Identification Unit?). But what I heard and read was that these group was mainly comprised of German Jews- is this correct?
German jewish refugees served in the British Army in many roles.
They were mainly restricted to the Pioneer Corps and non combattant duties as, unfortunately, they were never trusted fully by the authorities. However some did serve in combat units.
They had to choose a non German, or Jewish names, and their ID tags and papers were marked with these new names and with no mention of their religion incase they became POWs.
A great book to read is "Arnhem Lift" by Louis Hagen.
He was a German Jewish refugee who was interned initialy when he arrived in England, but then was able to join the Pioneers, and later the Glider Pilot Regiment where he flew Horsas into Arnhem.
His story is quite moving at times and a fascinating record of a small part of the battle of Arnhem. Well worth a read.
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