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Do tell more about these secret missile trials - sounds very intriguing...Paule wrote:Three cheers to Hot_Charlie. T'was indeed RAF Binbrook. The Canberras were 85 Sqn, Javs 64 Sqn and the spit PS853 was there doing "secret" missile trials with the Lightnings of AFDS.
Your farthing cheque is in the post.
Now please Mr Moderator, can I be a Javelin? You know what will happen if you say no.
Paul
John Nicholls was the Wing Commander in charge of the AFDS at the time, and had previously been an operational Spitfire pilot, so he knew both aeroplanes well.In the end we evolved a type of attack which was the antithesis of all I had learned from my own operational experience of fighter-versus-fighter combat in Korea: instead of trying to get above the enemy and diving on him to attack, we found it best to use the Lightning's very high power-to-weight ratio to make a climbing attack from behind and below. From that angle the field of view from the Spitfire was poor, there was a good chance of achieving surprise and the infra-red source gave the best chance for missile acquisition. If the Lightning pilot did not acquire the target or bring his guns to bear on his first pass he could continue his steep climb - which the Spitfire could not possibly follow - and when out of range he could dive and repeat the process. Using such tactics, we felt that in the end a competent Lightning pilot could almost always get the better of an equally competent Spitfire (or Mustang) pilot.