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Snautzer · #**961** 3rd May 2019, 14:27

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-LW-Flug...wAAOSwmu5cxz~F

Snautzer · #**962** 3rd May 2019, 14:36

Hs129 General-Frank-Besuch-des-Flugplatz-widnik-Polen-1943 https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Luftwaf...UAAOSwCy5cy0XC

Stig Jarlevik · #**963** 3rd May 2019, 17:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaiyan

re 957 4 bladed props... from old ebay

I think they were used for ferry flights because of a shortae of standard 3 bladed props..... that info comes from old LEMB

Thanks for the extra photos (the last one is also in the Bloch book)

I have now read through my Bloch fighter books/articles and it seems these propellers were of Chauvière type made of wood and fixed pitch and it is correct, they were fitted due to a shortage of the standard Chauvière 371 three-bladed ones.
What is quite amazing is that I cannot find a single French aircraft which they could possibly have been aimed at, and since I don't believe they were built 'just-in-case', they must have somehow been purpose built just to get the Blochs tested and away from the production line. It is also very clear not all aircraft ever received their intended unit.

I confess I am not very technical minded but sometimes even I can get aroused by such an odd detail as a four-blade airscrew....

Quite amazing that too....

Cheers
Stig

Kaiyan · #**964** 4th May 2019, 12:02

Like wise now I cant get it out of my head as I thought I had seen them before of one of the early French bombers (early 30's ) so now i will have to check......

edwest2 · #**965** 5th May 2019, 02:08

edwest2 · #**966** 5th May 2019, 22:38

edwest2 · #**967** 5th May 2019, 22:58

sidney · #**968** 5th May 2019, 23:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snautzer

Hs129 General-Frank-Besuch-des-Flugplatz-widnik-Polen-1943 https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Luftwaf...UAAOSwCy5cy0XC

Not a general though... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Frank

Snautzer · #**969** 6th May 2019, 13:22

B-24 USA Rumänien 1.08.1943 Bomber Ploesti https://www.ebay.de/itm/Orig-Foto-Lu...gAAOSwmYFcYISD

Snautzer · #**970** 7th May 2019, 12:04

Rumänische Potez 637. Orig-Pressephoto, von 1943 https://www.ebay.de/itm/Rumanische-P...sAAOSw5Gpc0JjJ

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