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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Aircraft 20

 Post subject: Re: FD Aircraft 20 Posted: March 17th, 2024, 3:03 am 

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Hawker Hind export models Like most of Hawker's interwar Kestrel-engined aircraft, a version with the Mercury radial engine was offered for export. https://i.imgur.com/mALyUlg.png Designed for a 1934 light bomber role, the Hind was the logical continuation of the Hart design, and over 500 were buil...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 15th, 2024, 6:32 am 

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Arabistan The executive of the Iraqi rebel government fled before the rumoured British tank assault, heading east for the Iranian border. Crossing at Mehran the small party passed through the porous frontier with little fanfare as the Iranian military presence had been pulled back to the city of Il...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD AU 5

 Post subject: Re: FD AU 5 Posted: February 28th, 2024, 2:30 am 

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Bf 109 in Iraq While reseaching the Nazi Fliegerführer Irak I came across photos of a Bf109E in Iraqi colours. First though was "Oh, I've never heard of that before". But of course a bit of digging showed it was a "what-if", but a great one in that it's reasonably plausible, and potentially a one-o...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

[ Jump to post ] Posted: February 27th, 2024, 3:44 am 

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Advance to The North After returning to RAF Habbaniya, the northern column of Kingcol was ordered to replenish supplies and redirected back into the field. Under the command of Major Gooch “Gocol” was tasked with heading north to secure Mosul and Kirkuk, while Major Merry was to lead “Mercol” west ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

[ Jump to post ] Posted: February 24th, 2024, 4:37 am 

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Fall Of The Golden Square As Baghdad hunkered down for the coming British assault, in the city the Mayor and an Iraqi army delegation arrived at the British Embassy. They informed the Ambassador that Rashid Ali, the Golden Square, the Regent and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem had all abandoned Baghda...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

[ Jump to post ] Posted: February 22nd, 2024, 1:11 am 

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The Northern Approach To Baghdad The northern column of the Household Cavalry Regiment guided by the Arab Legion struck out northeast to cut the Baghdad – Mosul railway at Meshahida Station, and then follow the line down into Baghdad from the north, and then to the British Embassy. Mid-morning on t...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale Vehicles 13

 Post subject: Re: FD scale Vehicles 13 Posted: February 21st, 2024, 12:21 am 

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Morris C8 "Quad" in German service Often overlooked is the presence of captured British vehicles in the Wehrmacht. https://i.imgur.com/aiP09gB.png The Morris C8 FAT artillery tractor had just entered service when British units were sent to France as the BEF. With the disasterous withdrawal duing th...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

[ Jump to post ] Posted: February 20th, 2024, 5:00 am 

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Push To Baghdad Kingcol held position at Khan Nuqta for the evening, gaining information from the captured phone line until the Iraqi’s terminated the connection. At dawn an advance by elements of the Iraqi 3rd Infantry Division was met by the armoured cars and repulsed. Further advance was slow go...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

[ Jump to post ] Posted: February 19th, 2024, 7:13 am 

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Towards Baghdad After regrouping and securing the area around Fallujah, the British mounted their next advance in the early hours of the 28th May. From Habbaniya and Fallujah a three-pronged advance was made. Racing north through the desert a combined motorised force set off to Samarra to sever the...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

[ Jump to post ] Posted: February 18th, 2024, 3:49 am 

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Advance from Basra The British forces in Basra were finally able to begin their advance northwards to Baghdad using watercraft on the Two Rivers, with a departure date scheduled for the 24th. The plan was to split into two, with a “Euphrates Brigade” advancing under a plan titled Operation Regatta,...
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