Somewhat Historic Aircraft photos

Lovely shots Peter…hopefully you will have some more up your sleeve 😀
Bit ‘rank heavy’ in the last post… having a sergeant appearing to be operating the Oxy regulator (or perhaps trying to remember how it works ?? :D)

cheers BV

John Aeroclub is nearest to the mark. Being absolutely pedantic the French made Ju52/3m was called the Amiot AAC 1 Toucan. The Pakistani fighters were built as Sea Furies but were “denavalised” on their sale to Pakistan.
Interestingly the French aircraft industry was induced to build most of the transport and trainer types for the Luftwaffe. I believe one or more of the leaders were executed or imprisoned after the war for collaboration with the Germans.
The prize unfortuneately is more photos, most with me in them. First my pathetic claim to my miniscule place in aviation history. RL 141, Mosquito NF36 delivered to Benson 24th July 1953, which AFAIK was the last time a Mossie NF was flown by an RAF crew.

Now hauling my kit out of a Meteor NF13. The parachute pack lies under the dingy pack, on top of which is the rubber emergency water bottle. Anyone tried drinking out of their old rubber hot water bottle. (If you can remember such a beast in this central heated era) This taken by one of our grouncrew and shows the protective mats on the wing to preserve the finish. These didn’t last long, they must have been a right pain in the rear for the groundcrew. Incidentally when the inevitable little scratches appeared and we experienced St Elmo’s fire, these little scratches appeared first as a little blue line. St Elmo’s fire was an interesting phenonomen on the Mossie when first the prop tips would trace a fine blue circle and then the stuff grew down the prop until there were two discs.

Another history shot. A new Meteor NF13 beside a Mossie 36 where a ferry pilot had just delivered to us in March 1953

And finally a broken down Meteor NF13 at Benina Libya, in 1953. Me with the sergeants stripes and the non parade ground hairdo. This one taken by another navigator.

The Sunshade support is a C-47 but the other aircraft looks more like a Varsity.

Garry

That`s what I thought too!

Pete

A Seibel Si204 below the Italian

I think the ‘Italian’ is a French built Ju 52!

It’s a French Ju52 above the Siebel, and are the Pakistani fighters Furies or Tempests ?

It’s actually a French built NC701 Martinet. and a Toucan (French Ju52). The Furies are Pakistani.

John

A Seibel Si204 below the Italian

Peter,

Great photo of Beaufighter TT.10 SR.913 any more? Always great to see anything with the yellow and black stripes.

Kind regards,

Tim

The Sunshade support is a C-47 but the other aircraft looks more like a Varsity.

Garry

Thankyou for the great pics Peter, I do appreciate it when these old shots get ‘dusted down’.

Love the ‘control tower’-that’s a sunshade supported by a Dakota and a Valetta!

I don’t recognise the Italian plane so I leave it to others to ‘win’ your prize.

David T