I’ve recently made ny first foray on to e-bay and as a trial purchase i’ve bought a double LP (yes vinyl) called ‘battle of britain wings of history’… its basically 2 hrs of WW2 a/c sounds linked by a narrator.. it was released in 1979 by Flightstream Productions and seems to stuff lifted from period BBC films/broadcasts.. only one is a bit confusing, thats the Typhoon rocket attack on a train… you hear the a/c, the whoooshing of the rockets and the train whistle so that may’ve been ‘enhanced’!
anyone know anything about this record? were there any more? (google search didnt reveal anything)
as an aside I found some more a/c recordings at http://www.sound-effects-library.com which again include BBC recordings of lancasters… although I was also intriegued by the 217 noises listed under the description ‘boing’ !!!
Neil.
By: von Perthes - 7th August 2003 at 13:33
I have had this double album for quite a few years, but on cassette! I also have on cassette from the same people in the ‘Wings of history’ series- ‘Vol 2 Return to Shuttleworth’ (Contents- Jet Provost, Magister, Dewotine D26, Prentice, Provost, DH53, 3xDH60, Kaydet, Pitts Spcl, Swordfish, Hurri II, Spit XIX, BBMF, Lanc, Spit IX, Meteor & Vampire, Spits Vc & XIV, Sea Fury, and Gannet). Date of copyright is 1976, & ‘Vol 3 Rendezvous Shuttleworth’ (Contents- Varsity, Buccaneer, Swordfish start-up, Firefly [RIP], DH82a Sea Tiger, DH51, Rapide Fox Moth Puss Moth & Gypsey Moth formation, Harvard, EE Wren, Rothmans Aerobatic team, Red Arrows, 504K & Hucks starter, SE5a, YAK11, Storch, Me108, Mossie, B17 and Deperdusssin). The copyright date on this one is 1977. Both obviously recorded at Shuttleworth airshows in the mid-1970s.
I know that the Falconwood Transport & military Bookshop (see their classified ad in FlyPast) have some of the albums in stock on vinyl, but not sure which ones. Give them a bell on (020) 8303 8291 or e-mail them at: [email]falconw@globalnet.co.uk[/email]
As a matter of interest, the He111 (AW177) used by No 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight flew on the 4th October 1943, with BBC sound recording engineers on board!!!!
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August 7, 2003 at 12:37 pm