Luftwaffe arrival at Duxford

That ‘replica’ needs to be comprehensively blown-up, regardless of any movie!
It looks as though it is melting.

G-ORDY,

One replica and one “Markaddie” XVI DO-C………….TE356

Do you have any more?

Mark

I’ll have a poke around and see what I can come up with – those two just happened to be at the top of the pile so to speak!

Melv,

That would make me 103. 🙁

Even my zimmer would need a zimmer.

Mark

Yeah????!!!!!

Jumped over the fence by the “Chateau” and ran in to take a few pictures in the “dispersal” area.

Nobody about … happy days!

G-ORDY,

One replica and one “Markaddie” XVI DO-C………….TE356

Do you have any more?

Mark

I was 8yo & on vacation at my grandparents in Walton on Naze. Sat on breakwater one day doing spot of crabbing & some bloke walks over & starts talking to me about what i’m doing. Eagle eye mother on beach gets a bit concerned & comes to see whats going on. They get chatting & then he introduced himself at Guy Hamilton…

Duxford, 3rd August 1968

Jumped over the fence by the “Chateau” and ran in to take a few pictures in the “dispersal” area.

Nobody about … happy days!

They look like the spanish built Messerschmitt.

James

hummm, i wonder why ? 😎

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£4 million film,my goodness i wonder how much that would cost today 😮
I was 4 at the time,my wifes uncle dug the holes for the explosives that blew up the hangar at Duxford,—- Heathen LOL.
They were spainish versions,Buchons.Not many left,Spitfires and Hurricanes have thrived [well are starting to] poor old Axis planes have diminished to near extinction 😡

They look like the spanish built Messerschmitt.

James

You have to put this in a 1968 communications context. Mid twenties, first son just born, heavily mortgaged, Harold Wilson’s pay freeze, photo-copiers not in general use, pre fax. I don’t think we could even run to having a telephone at home.

That would be the wonderful Britain that was that the UKIP etc. hark back to. 😉

Nah, 1967 he’d have been too busy preparing for his retirement party.

Melv,

That would make me 103. 🙁

Even my zimmer would need a zimmer.

Mark

Wow, excellent cuttings, thanks Mark. Were you actually there for the arrival too? I’m sure you’d have been involved somewhere along the line, weren’t you?

Dave

You have to put this in a 1968 communications context. Mid twenties, first son just born, heavily mortgaged, Harold Wilson’s pay freeze, photo-copiers not in general use, pre fax. I don’t think we could even run to having a telephone at home.

I did visit the film sets including Duxford but my main interest, leading up to the filming, was the engineering activity at RAF Henlow preparing the Spitfires for flying, taxi or static duty. I would visit every two or three weeks to monitor the new arrivals and confirm or change established RAF identities with this unique opportunity to inspect the aircraft in a dismantled state.

Mark

Wow, excellent cuttings, thanks Mark. Were you actually there for the arrival too? I’m sure you’d have been involved somewhere along the line, weren’t you?

Nah, 1967 he’d have been too busy preparing for his retirement party.

Goddamn, I wish I was there to see it! A few years before my time, though! :rolleyes:

Wow, excellent cuttings, thanks Mark. Were you actually there for the arrival too? I’m sure you’d have been involved somewhere along the line, weren’t you?

There’ll be Bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover…

…sang Vera Lynn.

This isn’t quite what she had in mind.

Most of the UK Press for 16 May 1968 went with the ‘White Cliffs’ theme.

I think the Luftwaffe were already in Spain. It just took a large paint brush etc.

Mark

Yes, aged 8. The Cambridge bit is a bit embellished in the book. But 17 bouchons, b25, and I think it was only one heinkil initially did it for me. Few of the spits came in as well as far as I remember.