the picture below was given to me by the son of a P51 pilot at Martlesham Heath in WW2. The pilot took the photograph and it shows P51s of the Leiston Group escorting a B17 with a Boxed G on the tail. The countryside below is Saxsted near framlingham in Suffolk. I cannot find any trace of a boxed G
any ideas please
By: pogno - 1st January 2023 at 22:29
The first picture looks to be an aircraft with the features of a French Bleriot but exactly which model I don’t know possibly a IX, although the 45 degree angled cut of the fuselage covering behind the engine may be a clue, some of his designs had that feature. The Royal Flying Corps had some of these at Farnborough pre 1914.
The second is very indistinct but I have a gut feeling that it is the Royal Aircraft Factory RAF BE3, it has wing stagger and the lower wing is set below the fuselage and a fin ahead of the tailplane all features of the BE3. A 1912 Farnborough design that was probably only flown from there on very few occasions although it did appear at a Royal inspection of the newly formed Royal Flying Corps said to have taken place at Aldershot.
Richard
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By: Aerotony - 1st January 2023 at 18:14
There were a lot of one-off aircraft in the pioneer age and the very poor quality of the pictures doesn’t help of course. It may be useful if the country in which the pictures were taken is known.
By: pagen01 - 2nd July 2011 at 18:58
Lovely shot, always exciting to think of a photograph like that having its first public view.
By: tarkey - 2nd July 2011 at 17:56
Briiliant thanks
By: Adrian Barrell - 2nd July 2011 at 16:28
385th BG, Great Ashfield. You can almost see my house from there….. Oh and it’s Saxtead.
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July 2, 2011 at 3:57 pm