Vintage A/C Photographs – Stories To Tell…

Hi,

Excellent photos, many thanks for sharing with us.

I always like Gladiator photos. The Glads partial serial is either K78?? or K79??. A number of Glads were shipped to Air Depot Aboukir for 80 Squadron. So this could be one of them.

Of interest is the gun camera above the lower starboard wing machine gun.

Any more Glad photos?

Alex

It really makes me realise how lucky we are in the UK, in that very same line up of airworthy Hind variant/Gladiator/Tutor can still be seen at Old Warden, 80 years on. Amazing.

Happy Christmas everyone. Richard

I’ve got an unsatiable appetite though and want the Wellesley as well :diablo:

Youre right though, we should count our blessings.

Roger Smith.

hi,

Thanks John for the info updates, i will amend the entry on Flickr, which is where the pics are.
Thanks Richard and Papa Lima for your comments.

On MaritimeQuest there are some simply stunning images of HMS Eagle during and before WWII, have you seen that site?

I was amazed at how nice some of the shots are and some unusual angles too… not the normal stuff.

In addition to the images on the main page they have some EXTRA photos from peoples collections and for HMS Eagle there are two people, Phil Heydon and Able Seaman Arthur Holroyd RN with ‘ photo collections ‘ contributions.

Within that section can be found some pics that look like they were taken at the same time as my one… ie with the trailing ship in the same place.

So, if i have completely confused you… go to MaritimeQuest, click on ‘ Photo Galleries ‘, click ‘ Warships ‘, click on ‘ Eagle ‘ and go to the bottom of the page and click ‘ photo collections ‘. You will find them there.

Thanks for commenting

Regards

Merry Christmas

DesertBlooms

Many thanks for the HMS Eagle photo; my father was an RAF rigger seconded to the Fleet Air Arm and was very probably on board at that time. He served on her both before and during WW2.

It really makes me realise how lucky we are in the UK, in that very same line up of airworthy Hind variant/Gladiator/Tutor can still be seen at Old Warden, 80 years on. Amazing.

Happy Christmas everyone.

Richard

K7540 is an Audax not a Hind and was at Aboukir in 1936, then to 237 Sqn in 1940 was written off in a fatal in Kenya. (K Files)

John

hi,
Thankyou James and thankyou Wyvernfan

I did not realise there was another type in that photo, i have amended my Flickr page, thanks.

Regards

DeserBlooms

Whatever the quality DB thanks for sharing these lovely images with us.

Photo 1:
This is from the same collection as the Wellesley etc and it shows Hawker Hinds parked between the Wellesley and Gladiator/Tutor group.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4209302211_2c810e52cd_b.jpg

According to THIS, K7540 is a Hawker Audax (note vents on top of cowling) which was destroyed in a fatal crash wile later serving with the SAAF.

Alex Crawford, our author who works on aircraft of this era will be along shortly, for more comment, I’m sure.

You can improve the quality of the scan by increasing the scan resolution. (Check your settings.) For everyday (modern) prints I use 300 dpi, but for period box brownie shots if you go up to 1,200 dpi you can often find amazing levels of detail not even visible to the naked eye.

Obviously you can’t load those pics onto the web at that resolution (anything over 72dpi is basically wasted if I understand correctly) but you can post cropped out bits of the pics at a larger size.

HTH

hi,

I forgot to add a photo…

Photo 1:
This is from the same collection as the Wellesley etc and it shows Hawker Hinds parked between the Wellesley and Gladiator/Tutor group.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4209302211_2c810e52cd_b.jpg

Again this is absolutely lovely on the print but the scan does not get the detail.

Thanks for your comments

DesertBlooms

You guys are just great… thankyou James and thankyou John.

The photos were purchased from EBAY some months ago. There were a number of small collections being sold by people. Some i was unlucky with. In addition to what i have shown here are a couple of cracking shots from the Army Service Corps on the North West Frontier circa 1930’s showing soldiers relaxing which are lovely and clear.

I have one other with the Wellesley. The quality is a bit off from the scanner.

Photo 1:
Wellesley line up…

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4192353171_ef72079477_b.jpg

Thankyou again

DesertBlooms

The airfield for the Tutor/Gladiator Wellesley photo is possibly Heliopolis or Aboukir. The Singapore is probably Greenock.
John

The ‘other biplanes’ are Avro Tutors and I’d guess this is a companion photo to the Wellesley shot, given both have women in summer dresses present. The open bomb panniers (with no bombs present or trolleys) on the Wellesley plus civilians or ‘family’ around suggest it might be an open day.

Where did you get the shots?