I think an additional problem these days is that BBMF personnel are being moved elsewhere despite being on a ‘tour’ there. At least the reservists stay there to maintain continuity of standards.
I see that W/O Dave Marshall and the AdJ. Jack Hawkins both leave the RAF soon. Experienced personnel are difficult to replace.
mmitch.
I think an additional problem these days is that BBMF personnel are being moved elsewhere despite being on a ‘tour’ there. At least the reservists stay there to maintain continuity of standards.
I see that W/O Dave Marshall and the AdJ. Jack Hawkins both leave the RAF soon. Experienced personnel are difficult to replace.
mmitch.
Cheers to you to Peter and the other ‘Mods’ I gave up on this forum for a while several years ago but the general standard here now is very good.
Normally Troll free. 🙂
mmitch.
Cheers to you to Peter and the other ‘Mods’ I gave up on this forum for a while several years ago but the general standard here now is very good.
Normally Troll free. 🙂
mmitch.
I went there in the 50s on a school trip. It always amazes me even now that all there was between us and the ‘live’ apron were those metal barriers. I can remember Sabena DC-3s and the new Britannia.
mmitch.
I went there in the 50s on a school trip. It always amazes me even now that all there was between us and the ‘live’ apron were those metal barriers. I can remember Sabena DC-3s and the new Britannia.
mmitch.
Re the 111.
I thought that is what the front section of Air and Space was for?
I suppose that the upside of putting the Ambassador outside is having the space to put its wings on. At least it is not stuck at the back of a hangar almost out of sight.
mmitch.
Re the 111.
I thought that is what the front section of Air and Space was for?
I suppose that the upside of putting the Ambassador outside is having the space to put its wings on. At least it is not stuck at the back of a hangar almost out of sight.
mmitch.
It looks like MAPS will have fun and games restoring it with the correct bits!
Earlier this year I watched them struggling to reassemble the Defiant’s canopy
in the correct order without any ‘instructions’
mmitch.
The booklet is called ‘Essex Aero Ltd, Gravesend’ by Frank Turner. priced £4.
In the Gravesend at War series.
This is (was?) available from the local library and Council Information centre.
There is a book of photos of the airfield too.
mmitch.
I have a small booklet about Essex Aero which says that during and after the war they were world leaders in the production of mag alloy products. They even built a alloy bodied Allard car. After the war they seem to have worked on adapting Avro Yorks and C47s. It does not mention any new aircraft designs.
It does mention two ‘associated companies in Wandsworth and the Midlands’ without naming them. They did have a large design office in Gravesend and by the end of the war Essex Aero employed 800 people.
mmitch.
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