Re: 1894 Driggs-Schroeder 6 pdr surviving

"Ogden Johnson III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Joe Osman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >Ogden Johnson III wrote:
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> >> "old hoodoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >> >Does anyone know the whereabouts of any surviving D-S 6 pounders?  I
have
> >> >found one in a private collection (its for sale if anyone is
interested)
> >> >only.
>
> >> Just out of curiosity, Al, which naval aircraft was equipped with the
> >> 1894 Driggs-Schroeder 6-pounder?
>
> >That's not as far-fetched as it sounds. The British had
> >plans in 1916 to install a recoilless Davis 12-pounder gun
> >and later a 12-pounder Naval Landing Gun in the Admiralty
> >Type 1000, also known as the AD.1, to shell German ships
> >from the air. It didn't work out.
> >The French put a Hotchkiss 47mm cannon in the nose of a
> >Tellier flying boat as an antisubmarine plane in 1920.
>
> Then there are the 33-pounders [aka 105mm howitzer] used in some
> variants of "Puff the Magic Dragon" et seq.

Quite a few WW2 aircraft carried guns in the 6 pounder size range for
anti shipping use, the DH Mosquito and B-25 both come to mind.

The Mosquito carried the QF 6pdr Class M Mark I and as well as
attacking German shipping downed at least one JU-88 !

The B-25H could carry a 75mm gun IRC.

Keith