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Thanks kind sirStokesy44 wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:02 pm Fascinating.
Cracking pics mate. The intricacies of putting on large scale deep penetration raids like the 8th did in 43-45 is staggering. Before you even think about the heroics of the crews, the logistics alone are mind boggling.
Yep, the assembly ships would turn back once the formation was assembled and heading out over the sea.Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:38 pmThanks kind sirStokesy44 wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:02 pm Fascinating.
Cracking pics mate. The intricacies of putting on large scale deep penetration raids like the 8th did in 43-45 is staggering. Before you even think about the heroics of the crews, the logistics alone are mind boggling.
I imagine that these assembly planes would bank off and not participate in the actual bomb run...yeah??
I think the little Mossie Pathfinders would mark the targets and then go in and harass the enemy as well bombing and strafing
Why you could almost use that kit to enter a sig...now if only there were a bomber building sig somewhere, hmmmm yes, that would be nice.Timplastic wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:14 pm Love these liberators in these schemes and i have the very first one from hasegawa, will be great fun too build
Stokesy44 wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:11 pmYep, the assembly ships would turn back once the formation was assembled and heading out over the sea.Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:38 pmThanks kind sirStokesy44 wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:02 pm Fascinating.
Cracking pics mate. The intricacies of putting on large scale deep penetration raids like the 8th did in 43-45 is staggering. Before you even think about the heroics of the crews, the logistics alone are mind boggling.
I imagine that these assembly planes would bank off and not participate in the actual bomb run...yeah??
I think the little Mossie Pathfinders would mark the targets and then go in and harass the enemy as well bombing and strafing
The RAF Pathfinders were different. They did no formation work, instead they used timing to arrive ahead of the main force and drop markers and target indicators to pinpoint the target. Some carried blast bombs and incendiaries to get the target burning along with the use of marking flares.
They went further than marking the target as their role evolved, using the master bomber technique they would re-mark the target and radio the main force raiders and tell them which markers and flares to bomb on based on different colours and altitudes. The master bomber concept was first used in the raid on the Peenemunde rocket works on 18th August 1943. It was only partially successful that night resulting in the deaths of many prisoners at a nearby concentration camp as the aiming points went astray.
May be a possibleTwokidsnosleep wrote: Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:18 amWhy you could almost use that kit to enter a sig...now if only there were a bomber building sig somewhere, hmmmm yes, that would be niceTimplastic wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:14 pm Love these liberators in these schemes and i have the very first one from hasegawa, will be great fun too build
Yep the pathfinder flew the mossieTwokidsnosleep wrote: Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:20 amStokesy44 wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:11 pmYep, the assembly ships would turn back once the formation was assembled and heading out over the sea.Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:38 pm
Thanks kind sir
I imagine that these assembly planes would bank off and not participate in the actual bomb run...yeah??
I think the little Mossie Pathfinders would mark the targets and then go in and harass the enemy as well bombing and strafing
The RAF Pathfinders were different. They did no formation work, instead they used timing to arrive ahead of the main force and drop markers and target indicators to pinpoint the target. Some carried blast bombs and incendiaries to get the target burning along with the use of marking flares.
They went further than marking the target as their role evolved, using the master bomber technique they would re-mark the target and radio the main force raiders and tell them which markers and flares to bomb on based on different colours and altitudes. The master bomber concept was first used in the raid on the Peenemunde rocket works on 18th August 1943. It was only partially successful that night resulting in the deaths of many prisoners at a nearby concentration camp as the aiming points went astray.
What aircraft were the Pathfinders???
Mosquitoes is my guess.
I believe the Mossies had the lowest mortality rate in WWII as well ??