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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: October 25th, 2023, 3:28 am 

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Advance on Kilo 25 With travel in the dark unfeasible, Kingcol bivouacking through the night and continued advancing at sunup. This time Falcon Mk.I’s from H3 were in attendance above. In an attempt to provide cover to the slowly moving column a staggered CAP was flown, with 2 fighters maintaining ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale Never Built Designs

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built Designs Posted: October 23rd, 2023, 7:30 am 

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CAPRA R.80 A rather awkward proposal for a trans-Atlantic mailplane (freighter in modern terms). https://i.imgur.com/44lnE4m.png A flying boat designed by the relatively obscure French manufacturer CAPRA, now the missile company MATRA, to operate a Portugal-New York freight service during the ealy ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: October 11th, 2023, 1:43 am 

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Kingcol Advance Into Iraq Kingcol was a massive force, advancing along the only access route into Iraq, through a bleak desert. Its mission and route of advance were scarcely able to be kept secret, and the column in motion created a dust cloud visible for miles. The column’s departure from Rutbah ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: October 3rd, 2023, 5:59 am 

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British Bombing Offensive After the temporary halt to operations with the losses to Iraqi interception, the arrival of sufficient Blenheim IVf fighters allowed the bombing of military infrastructure around Baghdad to recommence on the 6th. The first raid again was pounced upon on the outskirts of B...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: September 29th, 2023, 11:54 pm 

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French Levant France’s kneejerk reaction to the unfolding situation in Iraq had been contempt for “les rosbifs” handling of their former mandate. But the threat of spreading of anti-imperial sentiment amongst the restive people of their own polity was too grave a danger to be taken lightly, especia...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: September 29th, 2023, 2:10 am 

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Kuwait Kuwait had developed from a Portuguese trading fort to become a bustling commercial centre at the crossroads of the Indian-Persian-European maritime trade route. With the presence of the British East India Company, and the stagnation of Basra under Ottoman rule, Kuwait flourished as an indep...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: September 28th, 2023, 6:17 am 

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Iraqi Foreign Relations The Iraqi coup had been born from indigenous Iraqi nationalism and anti-British sentiment, but had been encouraged by Italian agitation. The Italians had provided economic and military support to Iraq from its independence, support that Britain had been unwilling to provide ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: September 27th, 2023, 7:21 am 

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HabForce On the morning of the 10th August, as the Arab Legion was taking possession of Fort Rutbah, the Habbaniya relief column departed from Haifa eastwards towards Iraq, nine days after Britain started its defence of Habbaniya. Wavell had ordered Major General George Clark, commanding the 1st Ca...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: September 25th, 2023, 7:29 am 

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No. 2 Armoured Car Company RAF As the Arab Legion troops pulled back to H3 to await the arrival of the Habbaniya relief column, they made contact with the RAF’s No.2 Armoured Car Company, themselves also in advance of the British column. After having driven 1000 miles in four days, the armoured car...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Aircraft 20

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD Aircraft 20 Posted: September 19th, 2023, 4:16 am 

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Nord 1400 Noroit The Nord 1400 Noroit was a French military seaplane, first flying in January 1949. https://i.imgur.com/Reqc4Qj.png The first prototype was not fitted with land undercarriage, and was fitted with French Gnome-Rhône 14R engines. Two pre-production aircraft were built as the N.1401, t...
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