Фотографии
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Martinet TT.1 HN861, the first aircraft of the second production batch. A total of 1,724 Martinets was delivered between 1942 and 1945, the majority going to the RAF and Fleet Air Arm although a few were sold in Sweden.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles M.25 Martinet / M.50 Queen Martinet - Великобритания - 1942
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Martinet HP428 shows off its high-visibility target-tug underside, striped in yellow and black. Note, though, that the elevators are all-yellow and the tailplane all-black.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles M.25 Martinet / M.50 Queen Martinet - Великобритания - 1942
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This view of an RAF Martinet shows part of the target-towing gear beneath the centre-section.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles M.25 Martinet / M.50 Queen Martinet - Великобритания - 1942
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The second prototype Martinet I, LR244. The lower photograph is dated July 1942, three months after the maiden flight of first prototype LR241, which took place on April 24. The first RAF aircraft designed from the outset as a target tug, the Martinet was powered by an 870 h.p. Bristol Mercury XX or 30.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles M.25 Martinet / M.50 Queen Martinet - Великобритания - 1942
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The second prototype Martinet I, LR244. The photograph is dated July 1942, three months after the maiden flight of first prototype LR241, which took place on April 24. The first RAF aircraft designed from the outset as a target tug, the Martinet was powered by an 870 h.p. Bristol Mercury XX or 30.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles M.25 Martinet / M.50 Queen Martinet - Великобритания - 1942
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Martinet II RH121, one of a batch of nine built for the Royal Navy, photographed in May 1945.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles M.25 Martinet / M.50 Queen Martinet - Великобритания - 1942
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A Martinet on board HMS Premier, an American-built escort carrier which served with the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946. Laid down in October 1942 as the USS Estero, the ship was launched the following March and was completed in November 1943. It returned to the US Navy in April 1946, later becoming a merchant ship under the names Rhodesia Star and Hong Kong Knight before being scrapped in 1974.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles M.25 Martinet / M.50 Queen Martinet - Великобритания - 1942
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Wren’s view of the Martinet, from his Oddentification series published in The Aeroplane.
Самолёты на фотографии: Miles M.25 Martinet / M.50 Queen Martinet - Великобритания - 1942
Статьи
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- 1990 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide
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- Personal album. Civil
- Personal album. Military
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- G.Jones - The Goode ship Vladivar
- H.Levy - Unique WACO
- H.Woodman - The origins of aerial bombardment (5)
- J.Frazer - Powder Puff pilots
- J.Stroud - Wings of Peace
- M.Oakey - Grapevine
- P.Hornidge - Probe and drogue
- P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (1)
- R.Moulton - Last 'boat to Durban
- R.Riding - The Maidenhead Baby