Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Peter, my book says the last ones had Merlins, however there is only scant information, I'll google about a bit and see if I can find more. I stick to my guns on the prettiness of the Beaufort - at least when compared with the Mosquito (The Balsa Wood Bomber) and the Beaufighter (Whispering Death), if the Beaufighter had had inline instead of radial engines it could have got close to the Mossi in the beauty stakes. Douglas Peter Dzwig schrieb: > Douglas, > > I thought that the last (Spanish) versions of the Me 109G were Hispano > powered. I believe that to have been true of the one that the founder > of the OFC (his name alludes me) crashed a few years back > > The Beaufort pig-ugly? I always thought it had a certain (very > English) charm about it. Ditto the Beaufighter while we are the > subject of much-ignored aircraft! > > Peter Dzwig >