[Flak88]

And a campaign hunting U- boots with this little baby???

[jak24610]

Did this thing even fly?

Historical?

Numbers produced?

Did it even DESTROY ANYTHING?! :?

[iremember]

This aircraft is very much historical, many flew from the harbour where i live in the war, it was common to see many anchored in the bay.

Poole harbour, google it and see how common sight these birds were.

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To be honest i cannot believe you do not know of this aircraft??

[Guest]

Fly? Yes

Historical? Much so

Numbers? Not a clue

Destroy anything? Lots of Uboats

[Dinga]

Flak88,

Those drawing are good ,but are not Sunderland plans.They look like the Short Empire Class .
I would like to fly one, a Sunderland that is in game one day.May happen but considering how
long it could actually take to get a project as big as a Sunderland finished ,we could be in for
bit of a wait.The Japenese flying boat bears a striking resemblance to the Short Sunderland.

It could be altered to look like one.The propellers on the H8K1 are different to the Sunderland
for a start and the nose is also different and their are no side blisters also Wing in plan view is
just about the oppossite.

Apart from that it may be possible. :lol:
However I know nothing about modding so it may be very more difficult to make those changes.
I am curious as to why no one has had a go really.

[Guest]

Hope this helps!
Just zoom in to read or something like that...



Short Sunderland



Sunderland MkII

[slipper]

verhangis,

Could you please give me the name of the book you are posting pictures from, really interested in getting a copy, i can make out a name from the screen shot, is it "Aircraft Anatomy Of WW2 - Paul Eden"

thanks for any reply

slipper

[dunkelgrun]

Did this thing even fly?

Historical?

Numbers produced?

Did it even DESTROY ANYTHING?! :?

Most ignorant response, ever. There's a picture of one flying in the original post. :roll:

And FYI, 749 were produced, three or four of which still exist, one in flying condition.
My old CO was a navigator on them, my great uncle a rear-gunner on them, and I saw one flying in the Thames estuary when I was still at school.

Enough for you?

[TheGrunch]

Did this thing even fly?

Historical?

Numbers produced?

Did it even DESTROY ANYTHING?! :?

Wow, nice of you to shit on RAF Coastal Command's contribution to the war.

"The rifle calibre .303 guns lacked hitting power but the Sunderland retained its reputation for being able to take care of itself. This reputation was enhanced by an air battle between eight Junkers Ju 88C long range heavy fighters and a single RAAF Sunderland Mark III of No. 461 Squadron RAAF on 2 June 1943. This was one of several stories of the type's operations related by author Ivan Southall, who flew in Sunderlands during the war.[7] There were 11 crewmen on board the Sunderland; nine Australians and two British.[8] The aircraft was on an anti-submarine patrol and also searching for remains of BOAC Flight 777, an airliner that had left Lisbon the day before and subsequently had been shot down over the Bay of Biscay. In the late afternoon, one of the crew spotted the eight Ju 88s. Bombs and depth charges were dumped while and the engines "redlined" . Two Ju 88s made passes at the flying boat, one from each side, scoring hits and disabling one engine while the Sunderland went through wild "corkscrew" evasive manoeuvres. On the third pass, the dorsal turret gunner shot one down. Another Ju 88 disabled the tail turret but the next one that made a pass was hit by both the dorsal and nose turrets and shot down. Another attacked, destroying the Sunderland's radio gear, wounding most of the crew to varying degrees and mortally wounding one of the side gunners. A Ju 88 tried to attack from the rear but the tail turret gunner had regained some control over the turret and shot it down. The surviving Ju 88s continued to attack but the nose gunner damaged one of these, setting its engines on fire. Two more of the attackers were also hit and the final pair disengaged and departed, the only two that made it back to base. The Sunderland had been heavily damaged. The crew threw everything they could overboard and nursed the aircraft back to the Cornish coast, where Walker managed to land and beach it at Praa Sands. The crew waded ashore, carrying their dead comrade, while the surf broke the Sunderland up. The pilot Colin Walker received the Distinguished Service Order and several of the other crew members also received medals."

Is that enough for you?

[439th_Spider]

The Sunderlans was a British flying boat patrol bomber
This huge plane was about the same size as the PB2Y Coronado and the PBM Mariner
They produce 741 of it
It was quite effective for that kind of plane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland

[439th_Spider]

Sunderland i mean :?

[KG64_Cnopicilin]

use H8K1, it's almost the same plane...

[TheGrunch]

use H8K1, it's almost the same plane...

Defensive armament on the H8K1's too good...we Brits don't like to make our lives TOO easy while we're shooting down Ju-88Cs.

[KG64_Cnopicilin]

use H8K1, it's almost the same plane...

Defensive armament on the H8K1's too good...we Brits don't like to make our lives TOO easy while we're shooting down Ju-88Cs.

[Alemart_el_Redentor]

OH YEAH this plane would be a GREAT ADDITION