Birgeria's new PZC units

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Martin Baker MB.5 is a fighter prototype for the RAF. It looks very like the P-51 Mustang but in fact the MB.5 is a complete independent design. The first flight was in May 1944 and showed very good performance. However, later the project got cancelled. The prototype equipped with four 20mm cannons on the wings.

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Beside to the Meteor fighter. Another RAF early jet fighter is the de Havilland Vampire FB.5. The first flight could be dated back to 1943, and the serial production started in 1944.

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The Bristol Brigand attacker. It is the predecessor of the Beaufighter. Less than 200 were built before 1946.

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De Havilland Hornet Mk.III heavy fighter/attacker. It designated as the predecessor of the famous Mosquito, came too late to see any WWII battles. According to Wiki, this bird can fly nearly 800 km/h! So impressive for a twin engine!

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There is the ultimate RAF WWII strategic heavy bomber. The Avro Lincoln Mk.II is based on the Lancaster design and have better engine, bombs load, and defensive fire. However, the overall performance is still inferior than the B-29.

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Today I present the USAAF medium bomber in early war, Douglas B-18 Bolo. It's based on the Douglas DC-2 transport and already obsolete in early 1940s. After the Pearl Harbor, they were mostly used as patrol aircraft and did the anti U-boat missions.

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USAAF fighter prototype XP-50. It's a heavy interceptor with a strong armament, which consists of two 20mm cannons and two 12.7mm MGs on nose. The first flight was in May 1941. However, this project was cancelled because it cannot full fill the requirements from both Army and Navy.

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Little more B-18 Bolo

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Nice job Phcas!

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Today is another USAAF prototype. The Curtiss Wright XP-55 fighter. The engine is rear mounted, very unusual by the time. This prototype built in 1943. It showed a fast speed but there were issues about the engine cooling and maneuverability, and these caused the cancellation of this project.

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French strategic bomber NC.223. It is a improved version of the Farman F.222. It was firstly called as Farman F.223, after the Farman company was absorbed to the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre (SNCAC), the name changed to SNCAC, NC.223. Only eight NC.223 were produced and they finished several night bombing missions to Berlin during the French campaign.

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Very simple modifications. The French air and Vichy French air MS-410 fighters. MS-410 was slightly improved the fire power based on MS-406 by adding two more 7.5mm MGs on wings.
To prepare these two, I just added two more black dots on wings as the MG openings.

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This is another simple icon, Bf-110G4 heavy fighter in Hungarian air force. They got about a dozen from Luftwaffe in December 1944 to protect Budapest.
I just replaced the national insignia on the German version.

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Heinkel He-112 variants:
He-112 B0. Nationalist Spain bought 18 of this type in 1938.
He-112 B1/U2. Hungarian air force bought four in 1938, but one crashed right after it arrived at Hungary. The rest served until 1941 or 1942.
He-112 B2/U2. Romanian air force bought 30 in 1939. In 1943, the available He-112s were moved to training duties.

The major external differences between He-112 B0 and He-112 B1/B2 is the shape of the engine exhaust pipes.

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Another Heinkel He-112. This is the preproduction serie He-112 A0. One plane sent to Spain within the Legion Condor, and used as a ground attacker because it equipped with a 20mm MG FF cannon through the propeller hub. It is kind of the only aircraft in the Spanish Civil war that with 20mm air cannons.

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The Italian SM-79 Sparviero under Spanish flag, fought along with the nationalist force. It is the very first production series of this bomber, and the windows arrangement around the dorsal turret area are different than the later variants.

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Wow, that's impressive work. Congratulations on a job well done.
What next ?

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Hello Birgeria,

For the PAK mod Pacific Campaign we are looking for Dutch East Indies aircraft.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militaire ... isch_Leger

Maybe you can have a look at it and find some inspiration.

Greetings PHCAS

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Hello Birgeria,

For the PAK mod Pacific Campaign we are looking for Dutch East Indies aircraft.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militaire ... isch_Leger

Maybe you can have a look at it and find some inspiration.

Greetings PHCAS

Hi PHCAS,

I can work on some but there are already most of them in PAK mod., such as B-339, B-10, FK-51, DC-3. There are some other combat air crafts in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force we can prepare, including Hurricane Mk.II, Hawk 75, and CW-21. Could you work on the Hurricane and Hawk 75 since you have the perfect icons in Pak mod., while I will bring the CW-21? Thanks.

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