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Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 4:43:53 AM   
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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 4:45:07 AM   
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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 4:59:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Looks like a Hurricane, not sure of the model. You can see the wood stringers and fabric on the side.

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 5:12:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		If its a Hurricane, I'd say II, probably IID. A Hurri one didn't have underwing racks IIRC (note bomb at far right).

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 6:17:21 AM   
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If its a Hurricane, I'd say II, probably IID. A Hurri one didn't have underwing racks IIRC (note bomb at far right).


Engine cowl doesn't look right. Hmmmm

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 6:18:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		I first thought it was a Kittyhawk because of the cockpit, and then I thought it a spit. Not the best angle to shoot a plane.... no pun intended.

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 6:31:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		It shouldn't be Spit as wings don't have the elliptical look to the rear edge plus no gear near centerline of a/c in pic, it has a wide spread landing gear. To me it still looks to be in the Hurricane family.

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 6:43:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Exhaust doesn't look right either for a Merlin but I couldn't think of any other wood and fabric construction aircraft.

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 8:16:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Morane Saulnier comes to my mind, but I guess they were not used in pacific. I'd say some Dutch recon plane.

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 8:22:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		I don't know why, but the cockpit and wing keep screaming P-40! at me.... wierd.

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 9:21:30 AM   
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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 10:08:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think thats a stretch. And yet, there's something about the pilot's garb that screams Russian. Maybe its the pantlegs tucked into the boots.

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 10:55:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		that engine mount just screams "tiger moth" to me, but that is impossible as it was a old biplane. It DOES make me speculate that it is a (old) british engine mount. Alas, still NO IDEA what it could be.......................

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 12:49:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		My first thought was Hurricane, too - but the engine cowling really doesn't look right. However, it may just be the photo - after all, where's the propellor?

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 5:35:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		One of those Morane-Saulnier 406 fighters from Escadrille 2/ Groupe Aerien Mixte 596 of Vichy IndoChina Air Force

…just a guess

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 7:11:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gotta put in a vote. I think it's a Yak 7 (B?)

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/9/2005 9:52:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		My vote is for MS406, Cockpit and nose cowling doesn't look right for a Yak-7

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/10/2005 5:20:02 AM   
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Absolutely not even close to being a Hurricane,nor a Spit,nor a Curtiss,nor a Swordfish,nor a Lancaster,nor a B 17,nor a ..............


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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/10/2005 5:23:31 AM   
Tankerace


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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/10/2005 5:28:12 AM   
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It might be closer to Camel then a Hurricane !










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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/10/2005 6:19:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		I've seen that photo before. 99.999999% certain it's a MS406.
Well...mostly certain...sorta..kinda...







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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/10/2005 7:17:22 AM   
Brady


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Subchaser refers to what I was thinking of when I dug up this pick and decided to use it.

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/10/2005 7:51:50 AM   
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Is this ugly weapons of war week? That thing is as bad as that Dutch Destroyer.

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/10/2005 7:52:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		*cough* it wasn't a destoyer. Supposedly it was a capital ship. hehehehehehehe

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RE: Name This...(325) - 3/10/2005 8:51:36 AM   
Brady


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