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From: kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Sunday, February 24, 2008 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: B-26 Marauder not as good as the B-25?
From: kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Sunday, February 24, 2008 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: B-26 Marauder not as good as the B-25?
In article
Phillipson) wrote:
> The Stirling was a prewar design, to prewar
> specifications that limited total wingspan
It is slightly more complicated than that. The Stirling, Halifax and
Manchester all began development in 1936 when a specification was
issued. Handly-Page and Avro initially intended to use Rolls Royce
Vulture engines. Handly-Page abandoned that idea before design of the
Halifax was finished. The Stirling was the first to get into service but
it was no more or less a pre-war design than either of the others.
Ken Young
