109 photos

Melv,

I wonder if this a visiting party from Rolls Royce?

Could that be Cyril Lovesey, retired chief engineer, third from left?

Anybody strong on Rolls Royce manangement at that time?

Mark

Melv,

In the back of my mind I think Viv Bellamy was sporting a beard during BoB.

Mark

I think you may well be right. Now I think about it he was the token Naval aviator on the film!

Now there was one of the unsung heros of British aviation preservation.

Bought the Gladiator for £250 when it had 80 hours on the airframe. Sold it was it was getting expensive and bought the Spitfire. He once said to me “Dear boy, do you know what happened to the last DH86?” I said no and he said “I do, Well I should do. It was me that pharking crashed it!”

When he was at Longparish I took Carol down one day (‘er indoors) and he said “Dear boy, you’ve bought a young lady for me to impress!”

Great man.

Now, the guy in the photo still looks familiar.

Melv

Hairy moment!

Can you name any of the group?
Is that Viv Bellamy by the cockpit in the suit with the untidy hair.

Melv,

In the back of my mind I think Viv Bellamy was sporting a beard during BoB.

Mark

wonderful photos…is that the original me410 scheme???

i like R-AUT especially!

coanda

Old pics

Thanks all for the info, these last two are nice.

Phil- 🙂

All BoB film of course. Duxford for the majority, maybe all.

The group standing in front of the Spitfire:-

This is the Rolls Royce machine RM689/G-ALGT.

Griffon, five blade, armoured windscreen and locked down non-standard tail wheel.

Keep rolling them out.

Mark

Can you name any of the group?
Is that Viv Bellamy by the cockpit in the suit with the untidy hair?

Melv

Thanks Arm Waver.

A few more then.
Phil.- 🙂

Bruggen 130
More info if you needed it…
51+12 is a Transall C-160 (Luftwaffe) – At Greenham?
58+62 is a Dornier Do.28 Skyservant (Luftwaffe) – At Greenham?
G-ABUS is a Comper CLA.7 Swift (from 1931)
The Vimy “Triple First” is now in the RAFM at Hendon G-AWAU
The Gunbus is/was G-ATVP and is also at Hendon as Growler states
The flying biplane is Shuttleworth’s Hawker Totmit
The US Marine jet coded “03” is an A-4 Skyhawk
The helicopter is a Mil-1 – probably taking part in the World Helicopter Championships

Old pics

Thanks for the info everybody,
heres a few more.
Phil.- 🙂

The Gunbus shots were not taken at the 1968 Abingdon show – the weather is too bad!

Gunbus identity

The Vickers Gunbus is the replica which has been at Hendon, I think, since it opened. It is 2345/G-AWAU, and the picture might have been taken at RAF Abingdon, at the RAF 50th Anniversary display, 15th June, 1968, where it even featured in the flying display!

Off the top of my head, I can help with:

Danish Air Force C-47 looks like one of Coltishall’s Battle of Britain Days
234 Squadron Hunter is at one of the Upper Heyford open days
Spitfire 24 PK624 is at Abingdon (now at Duxford of course)
Spitfire PL983 is at Old Warden before it was sold off for restoration to fly
Ki.100 is at Finningley on one of their Batttle of Britain Days, now at Cosford

More pics

Hi all.
If anybody knows were any of these aircraft are or were the photos
were taken can you please let me know.
Phil- 🙂

Hi. Some more old photos that i accquired the other night.
Phil- 🙂

109 Photos

Any more?? 🙂

No more BoB but a few others, will post them later.
Phil.– 🙂

Any more?? 🙂

Very interesting.

All BoB film of course. Duxford for the majority, maybe all.

The group standing in front of the Spitfire:-

This is the Rolls Royce machine RM689/G-ALGT.

Griffon, five blade, armoured windscreen and locked down non-standard tail wheel.

Keep rolling them out.

Mark

Bruggen, very interesting photo. If there are more like it they will generate a great deal of interest here. Thanks for sharing.

BoB after the 109s arrive at Duxford May 14 1968 just after the 16 of the 17 109 and 1 of the 2 111 landed.

Theirs a great descibtion of their arrivial in The Battle of Britain the making of a film By Leonard Mosley.

undefinedAt a guess I’d say it was the line-up of the Buchons used for the BoB movie.