Hi,
I am trying to locate photos of the Tse-tse Mosquito for a project I am working on. Now I have written to the RAF Museum and they sent me half a dozen photocopies of all the photos they had. They show PZ468 QM-D of 254 Sqn and are quite a well known set of photos.
I know other photos have been credited to the RAF Museum but these weren’t included.
So what I am looking for are the negative number’s of the various Tse-tse photos that have appeared in the various publications on the Mosquito and who they are credited to. As there were only 18 Tse-tse produced photos will be a bit thin on the ground but I am looking for as many as possible.
Any help tracking down these photos would be appreciated. I know I will have to approach the copyright holder and obtain copies/permission etc, that’s no real problem. Unless someone has suitable photos of the Tse-tse and /or the crews that operated them in their own private collection….. 😀
Thanks for your help.
Alex
By: JDK - 9th December 2004 at 20:17
Interesting points MarkG.
As the RAFM (indeed helpful) have a job vacancy for anyone to PRINT copies of their pics for the last year or so, indexing them appears to be only 1/2 the battle – you can’t actually even order any pics last time we asked, as they didn’t know when the position would be filled. Someone was appointed, but left in a couple of months which does not auger well for the future.
There was a chap who had the DH photo archive whose name escapes me at the moment, who has a load of great pics, and he was selling them at Woburn etc. Maybe deHavilland Support, and the Moth Club might be worth a call?
Edit: Darryl Cott IIRC, trading as Winged Memories, BAe pics. I’ve an old address (pre web) anyone know an up to date one?
You’ll know his work. The pic of the BAe Mozzie and the Kermit Week’s one we see pop up from time to time is his…
Cheers
By: MarkG - 9th December 2004 at 17:21
What about the BAe archives?
Good luck. Last time I tried to get anything out of BAe Heritage it was like the proverbial blood/stone thing! They said that most, if not all, of their photo archive had been transferred to the RAFM Hendon. When I then spoke to Hendon, who BTW I’ve always found extremely helpful, they said that the BAe stuff had arrived so poorly indexed that it may be years before it’s organised properly.
Still worth a try though I suppose.
By: Alex Crawford - 9th December 2004 at 17:15
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the details already.
Steve,
I would be interested in details of the attacks he carried out, especially those carried out from September ’43 to December ’43. My info for this period is somewhat lacking. Also does it contain serial/code letters? I am still trying to track down all the serials to their individual code letters.
Email address is acrawfordATblueyonder.co uk substitute the AT for the usual.
Eddie,
Thanks, I’ve seen that photo, it has AT-28 on the nose and no machine guns. I guessed it may have been the Tse-tse that went to the US. I’m trying to get hold of some photos of this through the US Navy archives, but no luck so far.
Radar, James
I’ve tried BAe before but may try again. I had a contact name but I’ve misplaced it. My filing system is not all that great.
Alex
By: JDK - 9th December 2004 at 15:52
What about the BAe archives?
By: Eddie - 9th December 2004 at 15:46
There’s a photo on Tony Williams’ site showing the stbd side of a Mk.XVIII nose – I’d speculate that it’s PZ467 (supplied to the USN for evaluation), given the lettering style.
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/Molins.htm
By: RadarArchive - 9th December 2004 at 15:43
Mosquito by Bill Sweetman (illustrations by Rikyu Watanabe), published by Jane’s in 1981 has one Tse-Tse photo, credited to British Aerospace via Philip Birtles. It’s just an anonymous works shot of the nose showing the 57mm muzzle, but it might be of interest.
By: Steve Bond - 9th December 2004 at 14:37
No photos I’m afraid, but I knew Flt Lt Doug Turner DFC who sank a submarine with one, and have all his log-book details, if that is of any interest?
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