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The Enfield No. 2 was a British top-break revolver using the .38 S&W round manufactured from 1930 to 1957. It was the standard British/Empire sidearm in the Second World War, alongside the Webley Mk IV and Smith & Wesson Victory Model revolvers chambered in the same calibre.
Unlike most other self-extracting revolvers (such as the Webley service revolvers or the Smith & Wesson No. 3 Revolver), the Enfield Mk I/Mk II was complicated to unload, having an Owen Jones selective extraction/ejection system which was supposed to allow the firer to eject spent cartridges, whilst retaining live rounds in the cylinder. The ...
The Casualty Branch of the Royal Air Force was established upon the outbreak of war in September 1939. [2] Within the Casualty Branch, a separate office called the Missing Research Section (MRS) was established in January 1942, which had to operate from within offices in the United Kingdom until D-Day, when the MRES became an official entity. [3]
Was the RAF Records Centre, transferred to British Army and became NATO Station Innsworth, Imjin Barracks: RAF Isle of Grain: England Kent (pre-RAF) RNAS airship station, then RAF Isle of Grain RAF Joyce Green: England Kent: 1914 1919 Coincidentally Vickers testing aerodrome 1910–1919 RAF Jurby: Isle of Man 1939 1972 RAF Jurby Head: Isle of ...
U.S. Colt .45 M1917 Revolver. The U.S. Army Model 1917 was created to supplement insufficient stocks of M1911 pistols during World War I. [2] The Colt M1917 Revolver was a New Service with a cylinder bored to take the .45 ACP cartridge and the half-moon clips to hold the rimless cartridges in position. Later production Colt M1917 revolvers had ...
The Webley Mk I service revolver was adopted in 1887 and the Mk IV rose to prominence during the Boer War of 1899–1902. The Mk VI was introduced in 1915, during wartime, and is the best-known model. Firing large .455 Webley cartridges, Webley service revolvers are among the most powerful top-break revolvers produced. The .455 calibre Webley ...
Camel [45] UK Propeller Fighter 1918 1920 Single-engined piston biplane Fairey Campania: UK Propeller Reconnaissance 1918 1919 Single-engined piston biplane English Electric Canberra [46] UK Jet Bomber, photo reconnaissance, trainer 1951 2006 Twin-engined jet monoplane Consolidated Catalina [47] USA Propeller Maritime patrol 1939 1945 Twin-engined
RAF de Havilland DH. 93 Don, L2391, of the A&AEE, crashes while landing at RAF Martlesham Heath. An overheating engine cuts out on approach and aircraft undershoots, demolishing airframe. [ 156 ] L2391 , which had first flown on 13 June 1938, suffers a collapsed undercarriage and detached engine, but no crew aboard is seriously injured.