Excalibur Squadron OOC - European Tour '39 - CLOSED

[Kouralia]

Translation:


"QUIT TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD."



RIP me, getting back to NS too late to rejoin

SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE I CAN EVEN HEAR HIS VOICE

*sob*

I TOLD YOU, I'M RIGHT HERE

Am I to assume closed, or do I count as 'one of the people you TG'd', even though you can't TG a CTE?

If the former I'll submit a reserve, and wait. And just guess who it'll be.

[The Tiger Kingdom]

SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE I CAN EVEN HEAR HIS VOICE

*sob*

I TOLD YOU, I'M RIGHT HERE

Am I to assume closed, or do I count as 'one of the people you TG'd', even though you can't TG a CTE?

If the former I'll submit a reserve, and wait. And just guess who it'll be.

You've come back from the dead to be in this RP, you're guaranteed in at 13 when you give me an app

[Kouralia]

Name: Sebastian 'Baz' Smythe
Date of Birth: May 3rd, 1909 (age 30)
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Physical Description/Picture: Not exactly the tallest of men, at 5ft 7 the Staff Sergeant has endured enough jibes as a private soldier and a JNCO. Despite this, he's still a broad-shouldered man, with evidence on his face that he didn't exactly take the jibes lying down. Also has closely cropped dark brown hair with similarly hued eyes. Not as pale as the stereotypical Scotsman, but still isn't anywhere near as tan as a human being could be.
Place of Origin: London, England
Flight/Flight Combat Experience:
Ground Combat Experience: Service with British Army, Mechanised Cavalry.
Specialties: Driving, Small Unit Tactics, Skill at Arms, Manoeuvre Warfare, Crew-Served Weapons Training,
Weapons of Choice: Legitimately any individual or crew weapon used by the British Military - Rifles, pistols, machine guns - he's even fired mortars and anti-tank weapons in the past. Is very experienced at beating the shit out of people however, which is his true calling - shovels, planks, bayonets, knuckle dusters, knives: you name it.
RP Experience: This one time, I helped rescue Winston Churchill from some Nazis. And they weren't even space Nazis.
Personal History/Bio (more than one line please): Okay, so he was born in a pretty deprived area of London as the middle child of two sons and a daughter. Not exactly the most academically gifted, he enlisted in the British Army to follow his father's example of serving his country in the Great War. The other options were to work with his older, twin brother in the murky world of London Crime, or to do nothing much productive with his life. Unlike his father's time fighting in the trenches however, the younger Smythe was engaged by the 11th Hussars to crew an armoured car in the Middle East where he was involved in internal security duties before fighting in the Arab Revolt in such actions as al Bussa and gradually rising through the ranks until he was raised to Staff Sergeant and appointed Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant. During this time he also took the opportunity to learn to at least not crash in planes, simply because failure to do so would result in him being ineligible for this RP. Following commendable service in the Middle East he was seconded to the RAF's Armoured Car Companies' training formation in mainland Britain to ensure greater proliferation of good practice between the Army and Air Force. However, before he could take up position as an instructor, he was reassigned to a new formation, 'No.319 Squadron RAF' to act as a Squadron SNCO due to his combined experience in flying, fighting, and as a company-grade SNCO.

TLDR: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (bar Company Sergeant Major (if ExSqn has one) is Seniormost NCO appointment in a British Army Company as the deputy to the CSM, responsible for supply within the formation), likes knives, extensive ground combat experience, knows sweet fanny adams about combat flying, is still a cavalryman, thus continuing the tradition of Morrdh wanting him to be promoted.

I promise I didn't just copy and paste it from last time.

(I added one sentence to it)

[The Tiger Kingdom]

Name: Sebastian 'Baz' Smythe
Date of Birth: May 3rd, 1909 (age 30)
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Physical Description/Picture: Not exactly the tallest of men, at 5ft 7 the Staff Sergeant has endured enough jibes as a private soldier and a JNCO. Despite this, he's still a broad-shouldered man, with evidence on his face that he didn't exactly take the jibes lying down. Also has closely cropped dark brown hair with similarly hued eyes. Not as pale as the stereotypical Scotsman, but still isn't anywhere near as tan as a human being could be.
Place of Origin: London, England
Flight/Flight Combat Experience:
Ground Combat Experience: Service with British Army, Mechanised Cavalry.
Specialties: Driving, Small Unit Tactics, Skill at Arms, Manoeuvre Warfare, Crew-Served Weapons Training,
Weapons of Choice: Legitimately any individual or crew weapon used by the British Military - Rifles, pistols, machine guns - he's even fired mortars and anti-tank weapons in the past. Is very experienced at beating the shit out of people however, which is his true calling - shovels, planks, bayonets, knuckle dusters, knives: you name it.
RP Experience: This one time, I helped rescue Winston Churchill from some Nazis. And they weren't even space Nazis.
Personal History/Bio (more than one line please): Okay, so he was born in a pretty deprived area of London as the middle child of two sons and a daughter. Not exactly the most academically gifted, he enlisted in the British Army to follow his father's example of serving his country in the Great War. The other options were to work with his older, twin brother in the murky world of London Crime, or to do nothing much productive with his life. Unlike his father's time fighting in the trenches however, the younger Smythe was engaged by the 11th Hussars to crew an armoured car in the Middle East where he was involved in internal security duties before fighting in the Arab Revolt in such actions as al Bussa and gradually rising through the ranks until he was raised to Staff Sergeant and appointed Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant. During this time he also took the opportunity to learn to at least not crash in planes, simply because failure to do so would result in him being ineligible for this RP. Following commendable service in the Middle East he was seconded to the RAF's Armoured Car Companies' training formation in mainland Britain to ensure greater proliferation of good practice between the Army and Air Force. However, before he could take up position as an instructor, he was reassigned to a new formation, 'No.319 Squadron RAF' to act as a Squadron SNCO due to his combined experience in flying, fighting, and as a company-grade SNCO.

TLDR: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (bar Company Sergeant Major (if ExSqn has one) is Seniormost NCO appointment in a British Army Company as the deputy to the CSM, responsible for supply within the formation), likes knives, extensive ground combat experience, knows sweet fanny adams about combat flying, is still a cavalryman, thus continuing the tradition of Morrdh wanting him to be promoted.

I promise I didn't just copy and paste it from last time.

(I added one sentence to it)

HE ADDED ONE SENTENCE GUYS; THAT'S THE KIND OF WORKRATE I WANNA SEE

(accepted)

[Kouralia]

Name: Sebastian 'Baz' Smythe
Date of Birth: May 3rd, 1909 (age 30)
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Physical Description/Picture: Not exactly the tallest of men, at 5ft 7 the Staff Sergeant has endured enough jibes as a private soldier and a JNCO. Despite this, he's still a broad-shouldered man, with evidence on his face that he didn't exactly take the jibes lying down. Also has closely cropped dark brown hair with similarly hued eyes. Not as pale as the stereotypical Scotsman, but still isn't anywhere near as tan as a human being could be.
Place of Origin: London, England
Flight/Flight Combat Experience:
Ground Combat Experience: Service with British Army, Mechanised Cavalry.
Specialties: Driving, Small Unit Tactics, Skill at Arms, Manoeuvre Warfare, Crew-Served Weapons Training,
Weapons of Choice: Legitimately any individual or crew weapon used by the British Military - Rifles, pistols, machine guns - he's even fired mortars and anti-tank weapons in the past. Is very experienced at beating the shit out of people however, which is his true calling - shovels, planks, bayonets, knuckle dusters, knives: you name it.
RP Experience: This one time, I helped rescue Winston Churchill from some Nazis. And they weren't even space Nazis.
Personal History/Bio (more than one line please): Okay, so he was born in a pretty deprived area of London as the middle child of two sons and a daughter. Not exactly the most academically gifted, he enlisted in the British Army to follow his father's example of serving his country in the Great War. The other options were to work with his older, twin brother in the murky world of London Crime, or to do nothing much productive with his life. Unlike his father's time fighting in the trenches however, the younger Smythe was engaged by the 11th Hussars to crew an armoured car in the Middle East where he was involved in internal security duties before fighting in the Arab Revolt in such actions as al Bussa and gradually rising through the ranks until he was raised to Staff Sergeant and appointed Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant. During this time he also took the opportunity to learn to at least not crash in planes, simply because failure to do so would result in him being ineligible for this RP. Following commendable service in the Middle East he was seconded to the RAF's Armoured Car Companies' training formation in mainland Britain to ensure greater proliferation of good practice between the Army and Air Force. However, before he could take up position as an instructor, he was reassigned to a new formation, 'No.319 Squadron RAF' to act as a Squadron SNCO due to his combined experience in flying, fighting, and as a company-grade SNCO.

TLDR: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (bar Company Sergeant Major (if ExSqn has one) is Seniormost NCO appointment in a British Army Company as the deputy to the CSM, responsible for supply within the formation), likes knives, extensive ground combat experience, knows sweet fanny adams about combat flying, is still a cavalryman, thus continuing the tradition of Morrdh wanting him to be promoted.

I promise I didn't just copy and paste it from last time.

(I added one sentence to it)

HE ADDED ONE SENTENCE GUYS; THAT'S THE KIND OF WORKRATE I WANNA SEE

(accepted)

My manager has issues with my work-rate too, especially given that for a job at a call-centre, apparently 'answering calls from the public' is work avoidance.

EDIT:

For those not on the discord: https://discord.gg/ndEVB

RIP it's expired

[Morrdh]

HE ADDED ONE SENTENCE GUYS; THAT'S THE KIND OF WORKRATE I WANNA SEE

(accepted)

My manager has issues with my work-rate too, especially given that for a job at a call-centre, apparently 'answering calls from the public' is work avoidance.

EDIT:

For those not on the discord: https://discord.gg/ndEVB

RIP it's expired

Try this; https://discord.gg/dGPEPmg

[Bakra]

Must...resist urge...to kill Nazis...for a little bit longer...

[The Tiger Kingdom]

Must...resist urge...to kill Nazis...for a little bit longer...

WORKING

[Bakra]

Must...resist urge...to kill Nazis...for a little bit longer...

WORKING

I’m sure it’ll be great!

Sorry if I came across as pushy, just eager

[The Tiger Kingdom]

WORKING

I’m sure it’ll be great!

Sorry if I came across as pushy, just eager

Well, you'd be justified in being pushy - I ended up having to scrap some stuff, so this will go up tomorrow.

[Alversia]

Decided to update my apps with pics rather than just descriptions (Everyone else seemed to be doing it so I thought "Why not?")

[The Two Jerseys]

WORKING

I’m sure it’ll be great!

Sorry if I came across as pushy, just eager

No need to apologize, prodding tigers is a sport around here.

[Grenartia]

Must...resist urge...to kill Nazis...for a little bit longer...

Same.

[The Tiger Kingdom]

As good a start as any
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=441268

[The Tiger Kingdom]

Also

The first modern monoplane fighter to serve in the Royal Air Force, the Hurricane formed the backbone of the RAF in the latter part of the 1930s. First entering service in 1937, the Hurricane is not quite capable of going one-on-one against its most likely adversary, the ME-109, as the 109 is both faster and more maneuverable. However, the Hurricane is more than ready to contend with the swarms of German bombers fielded by the Luftwaffe, making it a key part of the RAF's aerial defense efforts over the battlefield and the Home Islands. The Hurricane is sturdily designed, reliable, and easy to fly, with modern equipment and considerable firepower. It has also shown considerable promise as a ground-attack platform, and may be modified to fill that role as it grows closer and closer to obsolescence as a fighter aircraft.

As of 1939, the Hawker Hurricane forms the majority of the RAF's fighter contingent, bridging the gap between the obsolete Gloster Gladiator and the hyper-modern Supermarine Spitfire. Plans are also in place to adapt the Hurricane for use on aircraft carriers as a naval fighter for the Fleet Air Arm - a desperately-needed development, given the overwhelming obsolescence of the vast majority of the FAA's aircraft.

_{An early prototype Hurricane being tested. Over 14,000 were ultimately made.}
Crew: 1
Engine: Rolls-Royce Merlin III, 1,070 hp (846 kW) at 12,250 ft (3,734 m) 100 octane fuel, +9 pounds lb/in² boost
Armament: 8 x .303 Browning machine guns, 500lb. of ordnance mounted on wings and fuselage
Max Speed: 320 MPH
Flight Ceiling: 33,000 ft.
Rate of Climb: 2000 ft./min.
Combat Range: 417 nautical miles on standard fuel tank

Originally designed in 1935 as a maritime scouting aircraft, the Avro Anson was quickly rendered obsolete in the role by the large numbers of long-range flying boats taking up the role. The Anson instead became a utility aircraft for the RAF, serving in a variety of unglamorous but important roles. Over the course of its career, Ansons served as trainer aircraft for bomber crews, air/sea rescue craft, taxi aircraft, light transports, and communications craft.



Crew: 3 (Pilot, navigator, radioman/gunner), 6 passengers
Engine: 2 Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IX radial engines, 350 hp (783 kW)
Armament: 2 .303cal machine guns, located in front and dorsal turret, 360 lbs. miscellaneous ordnance
Max Speed: 188 MPH
Flight Ceiling: 19,000 ft.
Combat Range: 690 nautical miles on standard fuel tank

One of the Royal Air Force's most important installations, Manston is a fighter base built on the limestone cliffs of the Isle of Thanet, a confusingly-named peninsula at the southeastern tip of the county of Kent, directly overlooking the confluence of the North Sea, the English Channel, and the Thames Estuary. Its close proximity to France and the Low Countries makes it a particularly important station for countering any German aerial attacks coming from that particular direction, and as such, is the closest point to a "natural frontline" for the RAF in any European war. During the First World War, fighter units operating from Manston played a crucial role in countering German bomber and zeppelin raids coming in over Northwestern France.

Now, Manston has been reactivated to serve as a frontline base under the command of the RAF Fighter Command's 11 Group, covering the southeastern region of England. Only two squadrons are stationed there at the moment - No. 3 Squadron, operating Hawker Hurricanes, and No. 319 Squadron, an entirely ordinary Spitfire squadron which is in no way involved with secret intelligence or special warfare shenanigans. Manston also hosts an abandoned School of Air Navigation (relocated in September of 1939).
The local terrain is pleasant and pastoral, with lots of small farms and villages scattered around at close intervals. Nearby towns include Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Dover.

_{RAF Manston, 1939 - photograph courtesy of Luftwaffe Intelligence.}

[Grenartia]

"+9 pounds lb/in² boost"

My physics education has done nothing to prepare me for this unit analysis.

[Goram]

"+9 pounds lb/in² boost"

My physics education has done nothing to prepare me for this unit analysis.

It refers, I believe, to the manifold pressure of the aircraft - which in turn is the pressure of the fuel/air mix going into the engine. It can be boosted, giving more power, for a limited amount of time.

[Grenartia]

"+9 pounds lb/in² boost"

My physics education has done nothing to prepare me for this unit analysis.

It refers, I believe, to the manifold pressure of the aircraft - which in turn is the pressure of the fuel/air mix going into the engine. It can be boosted, giving more power, for a limited amount of time.

I was going to say that it still didn't make much sense because pressure is force/area, not mass/area, but then I remembered that technically speaking, pounds is a measure of force, not mass (oddly enough). Damn customary units.

[The Tiger Kingdom]

It refers, I believe, to the manifold pressure of the aircraft - which in turn is the pressure of the fuel/air mix going into the engine. It can be boosted, giving more power, for a limited amount of time.

I was going to say that it still didn't make much sense because pressure is force/area, not mass/area, but then I remembered that technically speaking, pounds is a measure of force, not mass (oddly enough). Damn customary units.

Man I was just copying stuff in, I'm glad it made sense to somebody

[Goram]

I was going to say that it still didn't make much sense because pressure is force/area, not mass/area, but then I remembered that technically speaking, pounds is a measure of force, not mass (oddly enough). Damn customary units.

Man I was just copying stuff in, I'm glad it made sense to somebody

Yeah, it took me a while and I don't think I was quite right before. It has more to do with the supercharger, than purely manifold pressure. The supercharger, mounted to the engine, will provide you with sea level performance all the way up to a given altitude. It does this by compressing air and feeding it into the engine, increasing pressure as you increase in altitude. That's what boost refers to.

The additional boost pressure will mean that the fuel/air mixture is moved back towards the optimum ratio (approximately 1:15) and the manifold pressure will be able to increase or, at least, maintained as you climb. Without the boost, the manifold pressure would be seen to decrease with altitude as the ratio of fuel to air changes with the lack of pressure in the atmosphere. The upshot of the boost is that you get to retain your sea level performance even as you increase altitude, up to a point determined by the manufacturer - in this case, 7.whatever lb/square inches. If altitude is increased after reaching that cap, then performance will begin to drop off. The downside being superchargers, especially the early ones the Merlin had, are not light and they're mechanically driven. Indeed, the supercharger on the Merlin gave a power increase of 400 horsepower but required 150 horsepower to run.

I'm fairly sure this is how it works. Fairly being the operative word here, nothing I've ever flown has had a supercharger and I've only ever come across manifold pressure gauges twice. Mind you if anyone wants to lend me the pocket money for a go in a Spit, I'll be able to find out more.

[Grenartia]

Man I was just copying stuff in, I'm glad it made sense to somebody

Yeah, it took me a while and I don't think I was quite right before. It has more to do with the supercharger, than purely manifold pressure. The supercharger, mounted to the engine, will provide you with sea level performance all the way up to a given altitude. It does this by compressing air and feeding it into the engine, increasing pressure as you increase in altitude. That's what boost refers to.

The additional boost pressure will mean that the fuel/air mixture is moved back towards the optimum ratio (approximately 1:15) and the manifold pressure will be able to increase or, at least, maintained as you climb. Without the boost, the manifold pressure would be seen to decrease with altitude as the ratio of fuel to air changes with the lack of pressure in the atmosphere. The upshot of the boost is that you get to retain your sea level performance even as you increase altitude, up to a point determined by the manufacturer - in this case, 7.whatever lb/square inches. If altitude is increased after reaching that cap, then performance will begin to drop off. The downside being superchargers, especially the early ones the Merlin had, are not light and they're mechanically driven. Indeed, the supercharger on the Merlin gave a power increase of 400 horsepower but required 150 horsepower to run.

I'm fairly sure this is how it works. Fairly being the operative word here, nothing I've ever flown has had a supercharger and I've only ever come across manifold pressure gauges twice. Mind you if anyone wants to lend me the pocket money for a go in a Spit, I'll be able to find out more.

You'd know better than me. I'm not that much of a gearhead, honestly.

[Goram]

Yeah, it took me a while and I don't think I was quite right before. It has more to do with the supercharger, than purely manifold pressure. The supercharger, mounted to the engine, will provide you with sea level performance all the way up to a given altitude. It does this by compressing air and feeding it into the engine, increasing pressure as you increase in altitude. That's what boost refers to.

The additional boost pressure will mean that the fuel/air mixture is moved back towards the optimum ratio (approximately 1:15) and the manifold pressure will be able to increase or, at least, maintained as you climb. Without the boost, the manifold pressure would be seen to decrease with altitude as the ratio of fuel to air changes with the lack of pressure in the atmosphere. The upshot of the boost is that you get to retain your sea level performance even as you increase altitude, up to a point determined by the manufacturer - in this case, 7.whatever lb/square inches. If altitude is increased after reaching that cap, then performance will begin to drop off. The downside being superchargers, especially the early ones the Merlin had, are not light and they're mechanically driven. Indeed, the supercharger on the Merlin gave a power increase of 400 horsepower but required 150 horsepower to run.

I'm fairly sure this is how it works. Fairly being the operative word here, nothing I've ever flown has had a supercharger and I've only ever come across manifold pressure gauges twice. Mind you if anyone wants to lend me the pocket money for a go in a Spit, I'll be able to find out more.

You'd know better than me. I'm not that much of a gearhead, honestly.

Nor am I, to be fair. I know more or less the minimum of what I need to know in that regard and I’m still about 95% sure that flying happens because of magic.

[Grenartia]

You'd know better than me. I'm not that much of a gearhead, honestly.

Nor am I, to be fair. I know more or less the minimum of what I need to know in that regard and I’m still about 95% sure that flying happens because of magic.

Even with my physics background, I'm fairly certain that quantum mechanics is literally voodoo.

[Grenartia]

I was going to say that it still didn't make much sense because pressure is force/area, not mass/area, but then I remembered that technically speaking, pounds is a measure of force, not mass (oddly enough). Damn customary units.

Man I was just copying stuff in, I'm glad it made sense to somebody

Honestly, though, the key thing about what I was talking about, is that the kilogram is defined to be the unit of mass, as in, how much matter there is in whatever you're talking about. The Newton is a unit of force, defined as a kilogram being accelerated at one meter per second. In the customary system, the pound is both a unit of mass and a unit of force (confusing and tricky things like this being part of why we in science prefer metric measurements, specifically SI, to say nothing of unit conversions being simpler). In the metric system (and by extension, SI), the Newton and the kilogram are only equivalent at Earth sea-level gravity (technically, this applies even Low Earth Orbit, since the altitude difference isn't that vast compared to the radius of the Earth).

Wow, I got long-winded there.

[The Tiger Kingdom]

NERDS