Hi,

In Chris Shores book Aces High Wg Cdr Adrian Warburton is shown with 7 destroyed, 1 probable, 6 damaged and 3 destroyed on the ground. The claimes date from 12 October 1940 to 10 Jul 1943.

From 12 October 1940 until 29 September 1942 Adrian flew Marylands from Malta. Later he flew Spitfire V’s and IX’s.

On reading through the brief bio the claims were made up from using the front guns, turrets guns or a combination of both.

On the 9th July a MC200 was probably damaged by one of the gunners, although this appears in Adrians claims.

So does this mean that the claim went to the aircraft rather than the crew and the fact that Adrian was captain of the aircraft then they would show up in his tally?

I have also read somewhere of gunners claiming a couple of kills going on to fighters to claim 2-3 more to become and ace.

If gunners became aces wouldn’t we have heard more about them? Or is it because there is something personal about taking on an enemy aircraft one-to-one and coming out on top?

Alex

Mine was an Amiga 500. What a machine. I even upgraded it to a full 1 Meg. Boy was it fast.

Now I have an all singing all dancing PC with XP.

But when I’m bored with that out comes my trusty Amiga scarted up to the TV and in with the flight sims. Excellent stuff.

Alex

Hi,

The video is titled ‘Fiendtlige fly over Oslo’. It’s a 23 minute film detailing the air operations over Oslo on the day of the German invasion of Norway. It has a number of interviews with some of the Gladiator pilots who took part in the operations.

It was made by Ny Films As for Warbirds of Norway (WoN). Do a search for Warbirds of Norway on Google and you should find their website.

I believe they were going to do an English version of the video, but I’m not sure how that is progressing.

I don’t know if it was on any of the networks, possibly Discovery? I was sent a copy by one of the WoN members.

Alex

Hi,

The only known combat with a 247 Sqn Glad was on the 6th November. Plt Off R C Winter caught a He111 off Falmouth, but could only claim it as damaged.

Just for the record the last RAF Glad claim was made on the 26th September 1941. Sgt Walter from 6 Squadron intercepted and shot down a SM81 that was attacking Kufra Oasis, near the Egyptian border.

The last Glad claim of WWII occured on the 15th February 1943. Lt Stromberg of the Finnish Air Force shot down a Soviet R-5 recce aircraft near Karkijarvi.

Alex

Superb, I’ve watched it a couple of times already.