I’ve just read the excellent Flypast ‘Forgotten Bombers Supplement’, which has prompted me to post this thread. A few years ago we went to Cosford, when you had to pay to go in! My Father was an LAC at Lindholme from 1952 to 1955, working on Lincolns, so we made a bee-line for RF398. We got talking to one of the museum volunteers and he very very kindly let us inside – it made my Father’s day… and mine.
Apologies for the quality of the photos – I didn’t take them!
Also, recently on E-bay, I won an RAF Lindholme ‘At Home’ souvenir programme from 1958, and with it came a photograph taken on the day of six Lincoln B2’s in formation – RF398 being one of them. I know RF398 was not, but I’d like to find out if any of the other Lincolns were at Lindholme during my Father’s stint there. Clockwise from the bottom left hand corner, they are:- RF389, RE360, SX944, RF398, RA719 & WD143. How would I go about obtaining this information? The photograph was taken by R. Ward of Liverpool.
Dean.
By: mark_pilkington - 3rd July 2010 at 16:18
Hi – My Dad was the pilot of the Lincoln SX924 that crashed in Watson Lake. I recently found his notes in his flight log. I know very little about it. Can you tell me more?
Thanks,
Debra
Hello Debra,
I received your email via the museum and will reply later this week as I have quite an amount of information of the crash including photographs and the crash report.
Regards
Mark Pilkington
By: l.garey - 3rd July 2010 at 13:49
re SX924
There is some information in the posts at
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=124
(sixth post onward)
Laurence
By: debra - 3rd July 2010 at 13:42
Hi – My Dad was the pilot of the Lincoln SX924 that crashed in Watson Lake. I recently found his notes in his flight log. I know very little about it. Can you tell me more?
Thanks,
Debra
By: l.garey - 2nd July 2010 at 14:53
Lincoln 7: Yes it was 115. Were you in it too?
Laurence
By: Moggy C - 2nd July 2010 at 10:39
I know a former RAF tech who would take great issue with that statement.
Me too
Moggy
By: Lincoln 7 - 2nd July 2010 at 10:05
Flt Lt JB Stephens.
Great to see the Lincoln with its own thread. I enjoyed many happy hours as an ATC cadet flying on them from Upwood in the 1950s.
I am trying to find out what happened to Flt Lt J B Stephens, a Lincoln pilot with 7 Sqd at Upwood in 1955. I have tried 7 Sqd Association and various other possible leads, but cannot find him. I have the date of his commissioning and retirement, but that is all so far. I tried on this forum some time ago, but without much succes.
The photo below, that was sent to me by Tony Ainsby, shows him stuck in Singapore: he is just visible, leaning against the propellor in the background. Nice picture of the Lincoln, anyway! Note the deadly ladder to the cockpit. I fell off one of those one Westwood. Peterborough, would it.
Hi Laurence. The ATC unit just wouldn’t happen to be 115 Squadron at RAF Westwood, Peterborough would it?.
Lincoln 7
By: AndyG - 25th March 2010 at 20:45
The ghost of RF398 was pure invention, I was a member of the RAF Cosford Aerospace Museum at the time and Hendon wanted to move RF398 to Manchester.
Many members had worked on Lincolns and didnt want to loose her so invented the ghost and got local media in on the act for the publicity, Hendon relented and left 398 where she was.
I know a former RAF tech who would take great issue with that statement.
By: Caliph - 25th March 2010 at 20:29
The ghost of RF398 was pure invention, I was a member of the RAF Cosford Aerospace Museum at the time and Hendon wanted to move RF398 to Manchester.
Many members had worked on Lincolns and didnt want to loose her so invented the ghost and got local media in on the act for the publicity, Hendon relented and left 398 where she was.
By: Jeff Glasser - 25th March 2010 at 20:15
That could be correct Lynx815. A chap on another site suggested Shallufa.
Thank you for the effort of trying to trace the incident.
Jeff
By: Lynx815 - 25th March 2010 at 18:17
Loking through Air Britain’s Broken Wings for 1951/1952, the only one that it could be is RA689 of 9 Squadron that was lost at Shallufa in Egypt on 26 Sep 1951. The undercarriage was damaged on take-off and collapsed on landing.
By: Jeff Glasser - 25th March 2010 at 15:43
Unknown Lincoln
I’ve posted this elsewhere, and on other sites, but no one can identify the aircraft or location, though it could be middle east late ’40’s early 50’s. It was amongst old photos’ of my fathers time in Malaya 1951.
Anyone got an idea?
Jeff
By: EK764 - 18th June 2009 at 21:33
Thanks Mark and the other guys – most helpful. I’ll get stuck in tomorrow – you are stars!
By: l.garey - 18th June 2009 at 14:27
JB Stephens, 7 Sqd
Great to see the Lincoln with its own thread. I enjoyed many happy hours as an ATC cadet flying on them from Upwood in the 1950s.
I am trying to find out what happened to Flt Lt J B Stephens, a Lincoln pilot with 7 Sqd at Upwood in 1955. I have tried 7 Sqd Association and various other possible leads, but cannot find him. I have the date of his commissioning and retirement, but that is all so far. I tried on this forum some time ago, but without much succes.
The photo below, that was sent to me by Tony Ainsby, shows him stuck in Singapore: he is just visible, leaning against the propellor in the background. Nice picture of the Lincoln, anyway! Note the deadly ladder to the cockpit. I fell off one of those one day!
Can anyone help? Thanks
Laurence
By: adrian_gray - 18th June 2009 at 10:29
WOW!
That must have been quite a sight and sound – perhaps not as speedy as the Reds, but some spectacle!
Adrian
(I know that doesn’t add anything to the discussion, but I defy you not to be moved by those pics)
By: Mark12 - 18th June 2009 at 09:32
The RAAF Lincoln Formation Aerobatic Team – Malaya c1956.
…from my Uncle’s album.
Mark
By: wl745 - 18th June 2009 at 06:12
Cosford Lincoln
I entered the RAF in June 1958 and there was a Lincoln in the Hinadi hanger then,which one would this have been?Of course it could have been a lanc ,memory is not that good!!Now that day was special,we were allowed to walk round and enter aircraft ,first time for me and I was hooked!! I think there was also a mosquito ,can anyone elucidate ?
By: mark_pilkington - 17th June 2009 at 10:58
On the scrounge. I need a high res image or two of a Lincoln – preferably Australian. It’s for an article.
EK764,
try Peter Roberts of Mt Isa Qld
He has a webpage dedicated to pictures of the RAAF Lincolns.
http://members.tripod.com/~imogiri/lincoln.html
Contact Peter at [email]imogiri@bigpond.com[/email] for high res copies of any of his photos.
Alternatively try the ADF serials site Lincoln galley at http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Lincoln
Contact Darren Quick or Rod Farquar via their message board for access to high res versions of the gallery photos.
regards
Mark Pilkington
By: BSG-75 - 17th June 2009 at 09:12
Grrrrr,
Does anyone else know this site or have pics of the two Lincolns in Argentina, I assume both are listed in the new Flypast article?
regards
Mark P
There is an excellent piece in a recent “International Air Power Review” (which is as rare as the Cosford ghost these days!:eek:) which outlines service of the Lincoln and Lancaster in Argentina, including testing their own “dambusting” operations, use in the civil war etc. Its a great read with some useful pictures as well.
By: EK764 - 17th June 2009 at 09:07
On the scrounge. I need a high res image or two of a Lincoln – preferably Australian. It’s for an article.
By: RobAnt - 18th September 2006 at 09:39
Scouse, I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve taken a few minutes to tidy up your scanned photograph – I’ve gone over it and removed some of the dirt and detritus that gathers with age, and I’ve sharpened it just a little to make it slightly clearer.
Of social note, are the young men in drainpipe trousers, the girl in the mini-skirt suit, the boy in the shorts with socks & sandals and the very flimsy looking pushchair. However, the officer’s uniform hasn’t changed a bit, so far as I can tell!
So it’s a lot more than a great picture of a Lincoln!
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