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Squadron Michael Wainwright – Battle of Britain

An old friend gone.

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By: cotteswold - 27th March 2015 at 16:16

BTW – not to be left out – for those who haven’t seen it……………..

Airborne with Al Pinner – of my old (No1) Squadron.

Photographer, Richard Paver, kept indicating – “look at the camera, look at the camera.”

My neck was killing me!!

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By: adrian_gray - 27th March 2015 at 12:11

Good grief – how low must the seat go?

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By: cotteswold - 27th March 2015 at 12:04

I wasn’t much better – didn’t think to try the seat higher, so was mostly on instruments !!

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By: adrian_gray - 27th March 2015 at 11:41

Oh no – what a let down! You do have an advantage over nearly everyone else on that front, of course,Tim.

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By: cotteswold - 27th March 2015 at 10:33

Michael was not amused – he couldn’t see over the coaming!!

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By: D1566 - 27th March 2015 at 09:51

RIP Sir.

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By: PerfectPic Co. - 27th March 2015 at 09:08

Michael Wainwright airborne in SM520 July 2011 with Willy Hackett[ATTACH=CONFIG]236286[/ATTACH]

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By: PerfectPic Co. - 27th March 2015 at 08:42

July 2011 at Oxford [ATTACH=CONFIG]236285[/ATTACH]

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By: Dunbar - 26th March 2015 at 21:43

That was a special day. Hope you’re well Tim

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By: trumper - 26th March 2015 at 20:27

R I P Thank you

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By: cotteswold - 26th March 2015 at 20:23

Yes Dai – love that a one.

And yes, Rob – me too!!

Thought you might like this one – Tim

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By: Rob68 - 24th March 2015 at 21:22

Always had a glass of wine in front of him whenever I saw him at signing events and kissed the women

Raise a glass to you Sir

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By: adrian_gray - 24th March 2015 at 20:03

Rest in peace. Thank you for doing your job. Just a job, but just the job when it was needed.

Thank you for letting us know, Tim.

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By: Arabella-Cox - 24th March 2015 at 19:43

Very sorry to hear that Tim. RIP.

There is an interesting short film clip of Sqd Ldr Wainwright at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr9ad-oePuw

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DAI

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