Hi All,
I am trying to find out some info on a few old family photos.
I have some photos of my dads RAF career, one of which is a photo of him on an engine of a brigand. I know it would have been 46-47 ish and UK .
The aircraft has wing tanks that are painted with black and yellow stripes,
In amongst the box of bits, of his raf days, I also have a coastal command badge.
So as i an no longer able to ask him,
…… and adding 2 & 2 together …..
Does anyone know which coastal command unit had the first bristol brigands,and where they were based ?
Apparently there were 11 built as torpedo bombers,and issued to coastal command.
I have googled quite a few times but can’t find any info.
cheers
Jerry
By: brewerjerry - 1st November 2010 at 16:15
Hi
Thanks for the reply, So it may not be coastal cmd.
not sure why but i have always thought of it as a drop tank, maybe it isn’t.
cheers
Jerry
By: pagen01 - 1st November 2010 at 10:20
Are you sure that is a tank? It looks more bomb or weapon shaped and I wonder if the stripes are to aid photography or calibration for trials?
The aircraft is in the bomber command scheme, but I realy don’t know what appearance the ATDU Brigands took on, I was slightly surprised to see it mentioned in the Culdrose book that the unit was still using five Brigands when they moved to that airfield from gosport in 1955.
By: brewerjerry - 1st November 2010 at 00:29
Hi John,
Thanks for the i/d…….I can see it now…:o
Rapide it is then.
cheers
Jerry
By: John Aeroclub - 31st October 2010 at 23:24
Your first pic is of a Rapide wing tip. There appears to be a train passing under it.
John
By: brewerjerry - 31st October 2010 at 22:32
Hi
Can’t scan at the moment, so took photos,the tank can be seen ok.
Anyone know what the aircraft in the first photo is, ( long shot is maybe a York ? as there is a york photo )
cheers
Jerry
By: bazv - 31st October 2010 at 13:40
Also depends on whether they were diagonal stripes or perhaps some form of unit marking I suppose.
Perhaps Jerry can post us a piccie or 2 🙂
Also Jerry is note sure where the photo was taken…may not be Coastal !
cheers baz
By: pagen01 - 31st October 2010 at 11:30
I don’t think they were second line at that point Baz, I think wieesso has it with the ATDU bit.
Would be nice to see the pic as the stripes on the tanks sounds interesting, infact you don’t see many pics with tanks on at all.
I’m assuming the aircraft is in the Coastal white with light grey top scheme?
By: bazv - 30th October 2010 at 21:51
The aircraft has wing tanks that are painted with black and yellow stripes,
cheers
Jerry
Target Tug ??
Or perhaps some other 2nd line role…Trainer/Met etc
By: wieesso - 30th October 2010 at 21:45
ATDU – surely Air Torpedo Development Unit?
Thanks for clarification!
By: pagen01 - 30th October 2010 at 21:23
Yes, the Armoured Trials Development Unit is a current MoD/Army set up.
The Torpedo unit was at Culdrose for a long time but not sure on dates.
By: TomDocherty72 - 30th October 2010 at 21:02
Maybe this is an answer:
“…the first production batch of thirteen Bristol Type 164 Brigands, RH742 – RH754, equipped as TF.1 torpedo-fighters, which served at Development Units at Gosport and Thorney Island from May 1946, but never entered service with first-line Coastal Command Squadrons.”
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=117704044934965
ATDU (Armoured Trials and Developement Unit)
e.g. RH746 was at ATDU Gosport in ’46
ATDU – surely Air Torpedo Development Unit?
By: brewerjerry - 28th October 2010 at 00:47
Hi
Many thanks for the reply & info.
cheers
Jerry
By: wieesso - 27th October 2010 at 05:44
Maybe this is an answer:
“…the first production batch of thirteen Bristol Type 164 Brigands, RH742 – RH754, equipped as TF.1 torpedo-fighters, which served at Development Units at Gosport and Thorney Island from May 1946, but never entered service with first-line Coastal Command Squadrons.”
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=117704044934965
ATDU (Armoured Trials and Developement Unit)
e.g. RH746 was at ATDU Gosport in ’46
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