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Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:26 pm
by Brady
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RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:37 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Mk IV Hurricanes of RAF 20 Squadron, being armed in the CBI, sometime in 1945.
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:57 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Mk IV Hurricanes of RAF 20 Squadron, being armed in the CBI, sometime in 1945.
Some time between December 1944 and May 1945, the MkIVs went into action on December although re-equipment was begun in August. Operations ceased in May when the squadron started to re-equip with Spitfires.
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:58 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Far as I read, they didn't start flying them operationally before January, but I could obviously be wrong.
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:08 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Far as I read, they didn't start flying them operationally before January, but I could obviously be wrong.
The source I read mentioned December.
Operations against the Japanese began in July 1942 with the squadron supporting Chinese ground forces, until it moved into the Arakan the following October. Hurricanes began to arrive in February 1943 and by May the squadron was re-equipped with the 40mm cannon armed Mk IID. However, lack of suitable targets and ammunition restricted its operations to tactical reconnaissance. From August 1944 the squadron began re-equipping with rocket firing Mk IVs, which it took into operation in December, continuing to operate this type until September 1945, although it had ceased operations prior to re-equipment in May. Re-equipment was in the form of Spitfires, which the squadron took with it to Thailand, returning to India where the Spitfires were replaced by Tempest F Mk 2s in May 1946. The squadron disbanded on 1 August 1947.
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:23 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Fine with me... They're 20 Squadron Hurri IV's, no matter which way you cut it...
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:28 pm
by Cap Mandrake
How do you know this isn't No. 42 Sqdrn?
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:30 pm
by Feltan
ORIGINAL: Terminus
...but I could obviously be wrong.
Somebody notify the press! [:D]
Regards,
Feltan
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:32 pm
by Cap Mandrake
Being armed with 27 kg Air to Ground rocket....BTW
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:36 pm
by DuckofTindalos
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
How do you know this isn't No. 42 Sqdrn?
Because that picture is from the Imperial War Museum, and their caption says it's aircraft from 20 Squadron.
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:18 pm
by niceguy2005
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Being armed with 27 kg Air to Ground rocket....BTW
Thanks. I was wondering what that was.
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:49 pm
by bigjoe96912
And what is so special about the MkIV's?????? They were armed with 8 27kg rockets only!!!!! they had a pair of .303's for aiming purposes only.
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:13 am
by wdolson
The Mk IV had a multi purpose wing. It could carry a 40mm gun in each wing for anti-tank work, or it could have bomb racks, or rockets. The Mk IV also had the vital areas like the radiator armored. It was the ultimate ground attack derivative of the Hurricane.
Bill
RE: Name This AE...64
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:57 pm
by Brady
Huricane MK IV, it is[:)]
60 pound (27.2kg) Rocket, it is[:)]
.......
As to the Squadron/Unit, I will have to difer to Those who posted above on this, as my referances do not list the squardon.