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Re: Well....

Posted by Eddie on Fri Jan 24, 2003 12:43:56 PM

In reply top Well.... posted by Tony C on Fri Jan 24, 2003 12:01:36 PM

Just a quick note on Vultures - as I understand it, Handley Page were asked by the Air Ministry to use Merlins rather than Vultures due to fears about the production capacity at RR. I forget where I read it ("Design and Development of the Avro Lancaster" possibly), but I seem to recall reading that HP were quite upset about it...

Also the spec that the Lanc and Halifax evolved from was the P13/36, which called for a Twin engined bomber (I won't go through the full detail on it).

The B12/36 spec was the spec that Supermarine built their prototype (destroyed in an air raid), and that Shorts built the Stirling to.

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