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Is it true that in World War 2 Britain launched aircraft from catapults on convoy ships to shoot down the German Focke-Wulf bombers and then ditch to save the pilot?
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Yes. Before escort carriers were built, or rather converted from merchant or passenger ships, some ships, known as CAM ships (Catapult Armed Merchantman) were fitted with a 64 ft rail, from which a Hawker Hurricane fighter could be catapulted, using rockets, to combat the Focke-Wulf 200 "Condor" bomber. As there was no way to land the plane back on the ship it would have to ditch, usually near one of the escorts, and the pilot would then be picked up by one of the ship's boats. The value of the Focke-Wulf Condor to the Germans, by the way, was not so much as a bomber or surface attack aircraft, but much more as a reconnaisance aircraft to keep tabs on the convoys and direct the U-boat "wolf-packs" on to them.
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Aircraft
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What weapons was used in the battal of Britain?
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Who launched the dreadnaught in 1906?
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Were Italian and other European axis antiaircraft weapons and air defense crews used more in the low countries rather than France in the battle of Britain and blitz?
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How many Italian planes did the allies destroy in the air and on the ground when they counter attacked in the blitz and battle of Britain?
Italian aircraft were not involved in the Battle of Britain at all.Italian aircraft were not involved in the Battle of Britain at all.
What machine were used in battle of Britain?
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How many losses in the battle of Britain?
Britain lost about 700 aircraft.
When was the Great Britain first launched?
wiat wat!
What was the Battle of Britain primarily fought with?
Aircraft
