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 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Dominion of West Florida

TJW
 Post subject: Royal West Florida Air Force (RWFAF) 1950s Posted: July 28th, 2019, 10:50 pm 

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At the end of World War Two, the RWFAF had a fleet of 40 aircraft, including eight Tiger Moth trainers, 4 Supermarine Walrus maritime patrol aircraft, & twenty-eight P-40 Kittyhawk fighter-bombers. This did not include the aircraft of the article XV squadron serving in the UK, which were returned to...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Dominion of West Florida

TJW
 Post subject: Royal West Florida Navy (RWFN) Post War Posted: July 17th, 2019, 5:18 am 

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Despite the S class destroyer Tomahawk decommissioning shortly after VE Day, the RWFN retained a fleet of eight ships after the Second World War. In addition to the sloop Pensacola, two Bathurst class corvettes & three Fairmile B coastal motor launches, the RWFN had acquired & modified two ex-RN Mk....

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: Commonwealth Republic of Newfoundland

TJW
 Post subject: Re: Commonwealth Republic of Newfoundland Posted: July 10th, 2019, 1:26 am 

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Whitey, your last Newfoundland AU was one of the things that inspired me to get started on mine. So I'm looking forward to this one.

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Dominion of West Florida

TJW
 Post subject: Re: The Dominion of West Florida Posted: June 19th, 2019, 7:33 am 

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Thanks for the feedback Colosseum. Much appreciated. I'll fix those up over the next couple of days.

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Dominion of West Florida

TJW
 Post subject: Florida Empire Airways (FEA) Posted: June 17th, 2019, 8:54 am 

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The forerunner to West Florida’s national airline, Ibis Airways, was Florida Empire Airways (FEA). The company was formed by the signing of a treaty between the UK, West Florida & the USA, with FEA registered in Pensacola as a limited liability company in April 1940. The company's purpose was origin...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Dominion of West Florida

TJW
 Post subject: Home Defence Squadrons Posted: June 16th, 2019, 1:30 am 

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At the outbreak of World War Two in September 1939, the RWFAF had a fleet of 40 aircraft, including eight Tiger Moth trainers & four Supermarine Walrus. The main combat types were twenty-eight Hawker Demon fighters & Hart light bombers. Although withdrawn from RAF front-line squadrons before the sta...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Dominion of West Florida

TJW
 Post subject: No.471 Squadron Posted: June 14th, 2019, 12:10 am 

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Raised under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 471 Squadron was formed during March 1942 at RAF Mount Batten in Devon. Although personnel were drawn from several countries of the British Empire, the majority were from West Florida. A maritime patrol squadron equipped with Short Sunde...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Dominion of West Florida

TJW
 Post subject: British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Posted: June 7th, 2019, 12:05 pm 

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In the period preceding World War II, it became clear that there was a shortage of able pilots & aircrew to keep the RAF sufficiently supplied as the War in Europe drew closer. In response to this shortage, the British government instituted the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, a massive, joint milita...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Dominion of West Florida

TJW
 Post subject: Royal West Florida Navy (RWFN) 1940-1945 Posted: June 4th, 2019, 6:11 am 

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Prior to the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, the RWFN consisted of just two warships, the ex-RN S class destroyer Tomahawk & the locally built sloop Pensacola. By early 1942, this would grow to a fleet of eight ships including Tomahawk & Pensacola, two locally built Bathurst class corvettes & fou...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Dominion of West Florida

TJW
 Post subject: Royal West Florida Air Force (RWFAF) 1913-39 Posted: May 25th, 2019, 8:27 am 

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West Florida Flying Corps 1913-1921: The Royal West Florida Air Force (RWFAF) traces its history back to the Imperial Conference held in London in 1911, where it was decided aviation should be developed by the various national armed forces of the British Empire. In early 1913 the West Florida Flyin...
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