Classic British Flight Sim

MIke, thanks very much for your reply. The Halifax is in good hands, no doubt about it. Please keep the updates coming.

Looks really good Mike. Thanks for taking the time to post the screenshots. Definitely on the "must buy" list.

Does look really good

Nice one Mike

Rick

Thanks for your answers and update and look forward to it coming out.

Looking ahead to possible repaints, has anyone ever seen a Hercules-powered Halifax in Coastal Command colours ? All the photos I've come across are of aircraft with Merlins. I've seen a brief reference to B.Mk.IIIs being used for meteorological flights out over the Atlantic, but whether they wore a Coastal Command camouflage scheme ( or were even operated by Coastal ), I have yet to find out.

Mike ? Anyone ?

Hi Paul,
I'm not the Mike you refer to, but I can't resist a request for help.
The early Coastal Command examples were loaned from RAF, and were most likely Merlin engined.
I just spent an hour compiling a list of Marks, engines, etc, only to find that my login timed out, and I lost the lot

Bristol Hercules XVIs and 100s came later in the story, but I would imagine that CC would have received some of these.
I have some low quality B&W photos of radial engined Met examples, one with black under, one white. Not good enough to use as paint reference though.

Mike, if you can post the picture of the radial with the white undersides, I'd appreciate it. The quality of the picture doesn't matter - I'd just like actually see one !

Paul,

Coastal Command radial engined Halifax Mk III, black undersides.

Unfortunately, the one with white under is a rear view, and whilst it is from the same Squadron, it is a Mk V series 1 special with Merlins

Quoted from Wiki, confirming that X9 code is correct for CC
No. 517 Squadron RAF
Active 11 August 1943 – 21 June 1946
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Role Meteorological squadron
Part of No. 19 Group RAF, Coastal Command
Motto(s) Latin: Non Nobis Laboramus
(Translation: "We work not for ourselves")[2]
Insignia
Squadron Badge Two cubit arms erased, holding a flash of lightning
Squadron Codes X9 (1943 - 1946)

Thanks for that Mike - almost got there.

I've found this, which is a 202 Squadron aircraft, based at Aldergrove. They conducted met flights using the Halifax until it was replaced by the H.P. Hastings in 1950. From the chronology of 202, I think they were still part of Coastal Command during this period.

Dave B and I were the only people who seemed to fly the Halifax/Halton. I must get my TR up again when this version comes out.