They were certainly going right throughout the 50’s since a lot of the photos in the IWM archives could be ordered via them. Many gave the impression of being photos of photos.

There was a Carvair operating out of Lanseria down here in S.A. quite recently.

No Problem 🙂
A big trench was dug out with bulldozers -apparently about 500m long and 15-20m deep alongside the airfield. A large amount of redundant equipment of all sorts was then hauled into it.
The Stirlings were towed in, their undercarriages retracted and the wings hacked off. Eventually the entire “grave” was bulldozed back over.
As I understood it the EAF only looked over the surface at a later date.
I would be interested in any confirmation that the kit was actually dug up by the Egyptians. IIRC we were informed it was a somewhat expanded MiG 21 base in the 70’s.

Bad career move by the Sheriff

Pretty smart one I would have thought :

as Chief Security Officer – Hilton Hotels

“That was decades ago and the allegedly spotted Stirling scrapyard in Egypt was long cleared.”

Would anybody care to elaborate on this statement?

My bet would be a 58 sqn ( if its a GE code ) Mk. V.
(Possibly, if it is “T” P5002 ( according to JDR’s Bomber Squadrons of the RAF)

FWIW 615 appear to have used the code KW during period in question -tending perhaps to support the 79 Sqn case.
Its not conclusive ,as codes were often swopped and changed to create confusion to the opposition’s intelligence efforts.

“My latest spat with a film and you’ll probably all laugh was the new pirates of the Caribbean, I know its just a fun film but seeing a British 98 gun First rate ship of the Line, sunk at a single pass by a couple of mangy pirate ships without returning a single shot and then the whole British fleet turn tale and run was too much to bear. Any Pirate that came within half a mile of such a magnificient Ship or even a frigate for that matter with an 19th Century British crew would be a foolish boy.Why does Hollywood insist on making us Brits the butt of all their films surely they can make a good film without insulting our ancestors. Nelson must be turning over in his grave.”

If he’s seen the film I expect he’s still rolling about laughing.

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