The Hawker Sea Fury is utterly unrelated to the Spit. It's somwhat of a development of the Tempest, but is likely related more closely to the FW190 than anything else (The close-shrouded radial design was borrowed from the Focke-Wulf, and that very nearly defined the airframe design, only the wings came from the Tempest).
-Adam John Coyle wrote: > I remember reading about that at the time, and, IIRC, the victories were > ascribed to the superior manoeuvrability of the Sea Furies (which, of > course, were late versions of the Spitfire adapted for carrier work). This > was the same reason that the Gladiators which defended Malta against the > Forze Aerea were able to survive as long as they did. > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 1:35 AM > Subject: Re: GESO - Spitfire 70th Anniversary > <SNIP>> >> Heck, there was a case in the Korean War where 8 MiG-15's jumped 4 Sea >> Furies, losing 1 MiG, 2 damaged MiG's, and a possible 2nd kill. The Sea >> Furies were undamaged. >> >> -Adam >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
