would a .50 cal machine or two anit aircraft gun implacement be on a english airfield which the 101 st airborne would have launch from

hi, of course there could be an anti aircraft gun or 50 cal. You realy like the 101st airborne, don't you? wel look at my image under my signature!!! Back to your question, look Band of Brothers part 1 Curahee a couple of times and you will find out what they use!!!

laurie

I think the english use a bofor aa gun

you can see that when the planes take of I think thats better then a .50
since thats an american weapon really.

maybe a mounted bren gun?

or someth

hi of course it would be right and the americans had their own version of the bofors gun go for it cheers ian

Hey, I just finished my .50 cal AA Gun emplacement dio, you can go check it out at http://www.freewebs.com/bren_sa . Busy uploading the photos right now~!

Hey, laurie is right on th efirst (or the seccond) episode Easy comp. passes an AA emplacement before they enter their C 47.....so that 'll do i gues.....
Good luck! and....Curahee!!

AA defence on US airfields was usually the responsibility of the British army, therefore it would be normal to have emplaced bofors guns as in Band of Brothers. .50 Cal emplacements would also be present as well. I don't think there would be any hard and fast rule on this so you could more or less put in what you wanted.... Jim

hi penkala, another Band of Brothers fan is more than welcome!!!!! o, it's part one, when they pass a AA gun.

Laurie

by 1944 numerous AA defences were used by on british airfields,
40mm bofors and z batteries ( rockets ) around the outside of the airfield,
some .50s around the interior,
but you must remember by this time with allied air superiority AA defences had been rather scaled down compared to the heights of the battle of britain etc
and by then the 3.7inch AA gun was in service and this was one of the best AA guns of the war, better than the 88 in almost every respect.

cheers
joe