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Note: Click on red words (like this) to find out more information about it. Contents Contents Which plane would you like to see? Avro Lancaster My biography Spitfire QUIZ! Good bye! Grumman F6F Hellcat Eugene Valencia Eugene Valencia was a brilliant pilot in world war 2. Over Truk on Feb. 16, 1944, he became separated from his wingman, Bill Bonneau, and was attacked by several zeros. They chased him at length and fired repeatedly, but couldn't hit him. Figuring that their poor gunnery didn't threaten him too much, Valencia swung around to face his attackers, and shot down three in short order. On his return to Essex, he exuded enthusiasm for the Hellcat, saying, "I love this airplane so much that if it could cook, I'd marry it." Go back • Under the cover of darkness, on May 17,1943, 19 Lancaster heavy bombers of Royal Air Force Bomber Command flew over the coast of occupied Europe on a most secret mission. The crews had been specially trained and the aircraft specially prepared to carry barrel shaped bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. As the targets loomed closer, the designated aircraft initiated their attack runs at very low altitude. The first Lancaster released its bomb, followed by the other aircraft in its group, and as each pulled away the crew could see the bomb bouncing along the surface of the lake towards its concrete target, striking it and finally sinking and exploding. The floods had drowned some 1,200 German workers and had cost the RAF eight Lancaster bombers and their crews. Dam buster's You can just see the Lancaster bomber Contents Grumman F6F Hellcat Weight: 15,400lb (fully loaded) Crew: one Armament: six 0.5in machine-guns Range: 950 miles Engine: Pratt and Whitney, 2000hp max speed 380mph Dimensions: length: 33ft 7in Wing span: 42ft 10in height: 13ft 1in Production: 12,275 Its docile handling characteristics, especially important for a carrier-based plane to be used by a large number of reasonably well-trained pilots, made it the Navy's first choice fighter to deploy with the Essex-class carriers. In the critical years 1943 and 1944, the Hellcat ruled the skies of the Western Pacific. Eugene Valencia, one of the Navy's top aces, quipped. "I love this airplane so much, that if it could cook, I'd marry it." Contents Avro Lancaster • • • • • • • • • • Weight: 65,000 (fully loaded) Crew: seven Armament: eight .303in machineguns, bomb-load 18,000lb Range: 2500 miles. Engine: 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin's, 1640hp, max speed 245. Dimensions: length: 69ftn 6in. Wing span: 102ft 0in. Height: 21ft 0in. Production: 7,378 (all marks) The most famous of all Avro military aircraft and without doubt the most successful heavy night bomber to be deployed over Europe during World War II. One of the most famous mission’s was Dam buster's. Contents Super marines Spitfire's The spitfire’s were a super marine fighter that was produced by the super marine's. The Super marine Spitfire was a single-seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in World War II. Weight: 9500lb (fully loaded) Crew: one Armament: two 20mm cannon and four .303in machine guns Range: 980miles Engine: Rolls-Royce Merlin, 1565hp, max speed 408mph Dimensions: length 31ft 0in. Wing span: 36ft 10in height: 12ft 7in Contents Can you remember? 1. How many crew men were in a Lancaster bomber? Was it one, three, five, six, seven or nine? 2. What did Eugene Valencia say about the Grumman F6F Hellcat? ‘if this plane had arms and legs I would marry it’ ‘If this plane had eyes and ears I would marry it’ ‘if this plane was alive I would marry it’ or ‘If this plane could cook I would marry it’ 3. When was the company Pemberton-Billing Ltd (later known as super marine) set up? Was it, 2439, 2000, 1967, 1913, 1914 or 1912? Contents Super marine Super marine was a British aircraft manufacturer. It was set up by Noel Pemberton-Billing as Pemberton-Billing Ltd. in 1913 to produce sea-going aircraft. Upon election as an MP in 1916 he sold the company to Hubert Scott-Paine who renamed the company Super marine Aviation Works Ltd. They made many aircraft such as the spitfire. Contents Biography Hi I’m Alex. I was chosen for the people’s war because I’m good at history. I made this presentation about aircraft because I find them very interesting. I have short dark brown hair. I am kind of short. I have two sister’s and one brother. I like watching TV, especially Red Dwarf and other comedies. I also like listening to Green Day. My favourite word is smeg. Which is irrelevant I know! I have 2 hamsters, (well they aren’t mine they are my sister’s!) they are called Cookie and Marble. Contents Goodbye! • Bye I hope you enjoyed my power point! • If you did not do the quiz go back and do it! Contents BYE!!!!!