WW2 AHC: Fighter Plane

Wimble Toot

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Here's wishing for some way to combine American engines, British testing, Soviet assembly, German airframe design, Japanese re-engineering, and Italian aesthetics.

More likely to get Italian engines, Japanese testing, German assembly (slave labour), US airframe design, British re-engineering, and Soviet aesthetics
 
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Looks quite different from the usual hurricane, so a name change would be in order.
"Hawker Hooghly"
Later modifications/improvements to the airframe and you could have a fairly decent
general purpose fighter for Commonwealth Airforce and the Far East.
How 'bout "Hawker Hooligan", sounds like a fighter...
 
How about implementing an XP-58 frame with a Double Wasp R2800-57, -57c, or -77 model engine? Comparable power, less weight, and in 1943 the US has a *very* effective and *very* long-range heavy fighter aircraft. Engines were the barrier to success.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_XP-58_Chain_Lightning

Predicted Range: 2650 miles; Ceiling: >38,000 feet; Max speed: >700KPH / >430MPH / ~380kn

Standard proposed load was to be 2 rear-facing movable remote-control turrets with 2 x .50cal machine guns each and up front the initial quartet of M4 cannons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_cannon) was to be replaced with a modified M5 cannon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75_mm_Gun_M2/M3/M6) and more .50cal machine guns.
 
American airframe, fuel and G-suit.
British engine and gun sights
German cannons (20mm MG 151)
Russian re-engeneering (make it simple) and production. ( Make lots)
Italian leather seat
 
PoD: After the Vickers Jockey crashes, they make another profile based around the Bristol Mercury, as intended before the crash.
This becomes the basis for the Vickers Valkyrie fighter, winning the F5/34 Spec competition. This version sees exports to Canada, Australia,
South Africa, and Norway.

The British service version uses the Perseus engine, seeing service mainly overseas and in the navy. Most of the actual production is done
by Blackburn in lieu of the later order Skuas. The follow on, the Blackburn Berserker has a Hercules Engine, which is later upgraded to a Centauraus.
 
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