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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: December 14th, 2023, 8:21 am 

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Iraqi Counterattack With Fallujah secured, the captured Iraqi troops were put to work to rehabilitate the flooded roadways leading into the town. To reduce the threat of Ramadi in their rear, British troops were pulled back to Habbaniya to now attack Ramadi. Further, Kingcol now split into two, wit...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: December 7th, 2023, 1:17 am 

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Advance From Habbaniya With the airbase secured and its runway rehabilitated, the British trainers increased their offensive operations with zeal, attacking the Iraqi fallback positions around Fallujah. Their most significant result though was intercepting an Iraqi column advancing out from the tow...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Aircraft 20

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD Aircraft 20 Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 3:44 am 

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Vickers 264 Valentia Little bit of an update to DP's model. https://i.imgur.com/qxscxBa.png The Valentia was a heavyweight modification to the Victoria transport-bomber, itself a civilian derivative of 1920's Virginia heavy bomber. Being effectively outdated as it entered production little in the w...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: December 2nd, 2023, 10:11 am 

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Reinforcing RAF Habbaniya The British needed to get to Baghdad and oust Rashid Ali’s government and the Grand Mufti. With the ground forces in Basra still unable to advance with the flooding of the Euphrates, Kingcol and Habbaniya’s troops would be forced to conduct the operation with only the supp...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: November 20th, 2023, 1:08 am 

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Iraq For all its new equipment and training, the Iraqi air force was now severely depleted and had not been able to hold back the RAF. The Iraqi army had also suffered demoralising reversals losing both Basra and Habbaniya, but in contrast it was still largely intact, with 20,000 troops around Bagh...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: November 8th, 2023, 2:57 am 

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Relief Of Habbaniya The RAF had adjusted their bombing strategy, and spent the 16th August sending the Wellingtons from RAF Shaibah to focus on pounding the Iraqi positions overlooking Habbaniya. Guarded by the Blenheim fighters, the Wellingtons attacked with impunity, the Iraqis not sending any of...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: October 25th, 2023, 3:28 am 

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Advance on Kilo 25 With travel in the dark unfeasible, Kingcol bivouacking through the night and continued advancing at sunup. This time Falcon Mk.I’s from H3 were in attendance above. In an attempt to provide cover to the slowly moving column a staggered CAP was flown, with 2 fighters maintaining ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale Never Built Designs

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD scale Never Built Designs Posted: October 23rd, 2023, 7:30 am 

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CAPRA R.80 A rather awkward proposal for a trans-Atlantic mailplane (freighter in modern terms). https://i.imgur.com/44lnE4m.png A flying boat designed by the relatively obscure French manufacturer CAPRA, now the missile company MATRA, to operate a Portugal-New York freight service during the ealy ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: October 11th, 2023, 1:43 am 

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Kingcol Advance Into Iraq Kingcol was a massive force, advancing along the only access route into Iraq, through a bleak desert. Its mission and route of advance were scarcely able to be kept secret, and the column in motion created a dust cloud visible for miles. The column’s departure from Rutbah ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: October 3rd, 2023, 5:59 am 

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British Bombing Offensive After the temporary halt to operations with the losses to Iraqi interception, the arrival of sufficient Blenheim IVf fighters allowed the bombing of military infrastructure around Baghdad to recommence on the 6th. The first raid again was pounced upon on the outskirts of B...
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