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Thanks Eddie N/T
Posted by Cees Broere on Fri Jan 24, 2003 03:32:41 PM
In reply top Re: Well.... posted by Eddie on Fri Jan 24, 2003 12:43:56 PM
: Just a quick note on Vultures - as I understand it, Handle
: y Page were asked by the Air Ministry to use Merlins rathe
: r 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 rea
: ding that HP were quite upset about it...
:
: Also the spec that the Lanc and Halifax evolved from was t
: he 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 buil
: t the Stirling to.