JD Webster, auteur de wargames tactiques aériens 2ème GM (Over The reich, Achtung Spitfire, Whitsling Death ...) cherche des infos sur les DB7 français
Voici ses questions :
Merci pour lui et pour vos réponsesOkay mon Amis,
I need a hand here. I'm working on the DB-7 B3 ADC for the Armee de l'Air and I have it mostly done except for a few questions my USA available sources do not answer.
Hopefully some of you French gamers have access to aviation articles or books concerning the Douglas 3 place bomber.
Here are my questions:
Armor
1. My sources indicate no cockpit or fuel protection in 1940. Is this correct?
2. Were there any upgrades after 1940 to armor or fuel protection? Especially for the Vichy squadrons?
Bombsight
1. Anyone know which bombsight they carried? (early, standard, norden?
Defensive guns
1. Did any of the Vichy France DB-7s adopt the twin 7.5mm MAC-34 for defense in the dorsal position?
Nose Guns
1. I have one source says 500 rounds per gun, another says 300, another says 625 rounds per gun. I'm assuming these were belt fed FN brownings of 7.5mm. Help.
Bombs
1. I have them able to carry 440, 220, 110 and 22 lb. bombs. Were there any french bomb types the DB-7 was set up to carry. I have a feeling the bay could not accommodate the 1100 lb. bomb. Did the French use 660 lb. bombs?
I could really do with a list of WW2 French bombs. I have zero data here.
JB