[News report from Yorkshire.]

On 2/16/2023 at 1:28 PM, PanzerWomble said:

Soiry kids is a wah story from 2016 . The Rotherham Bugle is a pisstake blog ...from the "about us "

 

We decided to launch The Rotherham Bugle after identifying a fundamental problem with other news based media covering  the South Yorkshire area – they are restricted by a requirement that they stick to reporting on things that actually happened. And here’s the problem with that –  what actually happened tends to be boring.

And so from the very start, we made an editorial decision to give facts a back seat. Yes, you may find a grain of truth hidden away somewhere, but it’s more by accident than design. If you do find something that’s true, don’t judge us too harshly. Anyone can make mistakes.

Our primary focus is on stuff that  we’d have liked to happen, had a story taken a more interesting turn. They’re the sort of things that might occur to you in the bath, on the bog or while sitting in your car waiting for the sodding lights to change at Whiston Crossroads.  Any similarity between the style and content of our stories and those featured in mainstream media, is purely intentional.

We hope you enjoy our alternative take on the news affecting people in Rotherham, and if there are any stories you feel we should be covering, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

https://www.rotherhambugle.com/about-us/

 

Funny regardless.

The clues were there in the names of those concerned apart from anything else.  https://www.dictionary.com/browse/munter

And Jason Burns was just too much of a coincidence.

[Mustang l - ll story.]

Looks good to me - thanks for posting.

[Hobbycraft Mustang]

14 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

For my personal information action, you say the RAF called it a 1A?  Interesting. I’d love it of you had some documentation and you could start a thread under General Discussion, documenting the various versions of the RAF Allison powered a Mustangs. They are a very popular subject, but so little is known about them.

Thanks, and welcome!

Thank you for the welcome, and done

 

 

[RAF and US Mustang Designations]

Hi all,

It's been suggested that I start a thread about Mustang designations, so here is what I have.  I've omitted mention of the A-36, as I don't think this variant was ever named in the series by we Brits, we didn't use them, but borrowed a few for trials I believe.

British	US Fighter	US Recce
Mk I	None	None
Mk Ia	P-51	F-6A
Mk II	P-51A	F-6B
Mk III	P-51B & P-51C	F-6C
Mk IV	P-51D	F-6D
Mk IVa	P-51K	F-6K

 

Confusing isn't it?  (But not quite as confusing as Bf 109G variants perhaps  )   Note how although the US P-51(no suffix) is equivalent to the Mustang Ia, as there was no use of the Mk I by the US.  But the FR P-51 was the F-6A.  Even more confusing, but logical given the preceding, is that Mk II = P-51A = F-6B, as F-6A had been already allocated.

Just for completeness, the Mk III did not differentiate between P-51B and C, and nor does the  F-6C designation.

Which brings us to the Mk IV/P-51D/F-6D and IVa/P-51K/F-6K - It's almost as if someone said "We need to sort this out!"

Main references:

   Allison-engined P-51 Mustang https://ospreypublishing.com/uk/search/?q=Allison-Engined+P-51+Mustang

   The Mustang Story https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mustang-Story-Ken-Delve/dp/1854092596

Comments welcome, and hope this is of use.

 

[Hobbycraft Mustang]

Sorry to be be picky, but that's a Mustang Mk Ia with the 20mms - there was no direct US equivalent to the Mustang Mk I.  (Yes I know it's confusing, especially as the FR equivalent of the P-51/Mustang Ia is the F-6A.)