Max airgroup for HMS Indomitable?
What's the maximum airgroup of Marlets and Albacores that could be operated from WW2's HMS Indomitable? Per http://www.fleetairarmarc...t/Ships/Indomitable.html the max achieved was August 1942: 55...
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As far as known, the British Carriers started to use a permanent deckpark, when the British Pacific Fleet was introduced and the scores of both British and US built aircraft could be delivered by the...
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I read a summary of RN ABH CV aircraft capacity based upon RN documents, posted by Phil Gollin on the BC board. Basically, it looks like this:these are figures for folded aircraft from the 1943...
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Actual Indomitable offical figures : Albacore :- 45 in Hangars, 20 in "operational deck park" Wildcat :- 72 in Hangars, 30 in "operational deck park" .
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Phil Gollin wrote: Actual Indomitable offical figures : Albacore :- 45 in Hangars, 20 in "operational deck park" Wildcat :- 72 in Hangars, 30 in "operational deck park" . Thanks, yes. I added my...
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Phil's numbers are absolutely right and are impeccably sourced - we've looked at the same docs. What remains something of a mystery is why, in the historic BPF operations, Indomitable did not carry...
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Oh dear - the "I read it somewhere, but I've forgotten where" answer. IF I remember correctly it was found that Indomitable had manning problems (not enough messing space) and that coupled with extra...
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StewartG wrote: Phil's numbers are absolutely right and are impeccably sourced - we've looked at the same docs. What remains something of a mystery is why, in the historic BPF operations, Indomitable...
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jlyons97 wrote: Clearly, Phil's comments were not THAT impeccably sourced if they did not in the end reflect reality. I place no credence in the FAA/RN documents. For one thing, they deal with one...
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Phil Gollin wrote: IF I remember correctly it was found that Indomitable had manning problems (not enough messing space) and that coupled with extra maintenance meant that she sometimes utilised her...
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jlyons97 wrote: I place no credence in the FAA/RN documents. For one thing, they deal with one type at a time. Clearly, carriers dealt with multiple types at a time, hence the concept of 'deck...
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Didn't they use to use those little outriggers ( basically a u shaped girder,held in place by 2 stays) over the edges of the flight deck, so that a tailwheel of a place , eg hurricane, was...
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The RN did use outriggers, but that was more of a 1942-43 thing on the way to full permanent deck parks. I don't think that the BPF in 44-45 used that technique; they didn't need to.
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