Short Stirling 149 SQN
Textures for Ted Cook's Excellent Short Stirling by SopwithChameleon You need Buddha 13's Conversion Files available from the Sim Outhouse to make it fly in CFS2. Represents Stirling BMK1 "OJ-B" of 149SQN, RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, in early 1942. The Stirling was the first of Bomber Command's 4 Engine "Heavies", but the official requirement for it to fit into existing RAF Hangers, meant that the modified Sunderland Flying Boat Wing Shorts used, had too short a span for effective Altitude performance. It also explains the odd undercarriage, which was extended to give a high angle of attack for take off. Stirlings like this one were also used in Daylight "Beehive" Penetration raids on targets in occupied France, with Wing strength Fighter Escorts, designed to lure the Luftwaffe into Battle.
by SopwithChameleon
Submitted by Sopwith Chameleon
Textures for Ted Cook's Excellent Short Stirling by SopwithChameleon You need Buddha 13's Conversion Files available from the Sim Outhouse to make it fly in CFS2. Represents Stirling BMK1 "OJ-B" of 149SQN, RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, in early 1942. The Stirling was the first of Bomber Command's 4 Engine "Heavies", but the official requirement for it to fit into existing RAF Hangers, meant that the modified Sunderland Flying Boat Wing Shorts used, had too short a span for effective Altitude performance. It also explains the odd undercarriage, which was extended to give a high angle of attack for take off. Stirlings like this one were also used in Daylight "Beehive" Penetration raids on targets in occupied France, with Wing strength Fighter Escorts, designed to lure the Luftwaffe into Battle.
by SopwithChameleon
Submitted by Sopwith Chameleon
