Hi Nermal,

Not too hot on subs. 🙂

Alex

Sounds good to me. East Fortune would probably be the best place. Give the wife and kids something to do.

Alex

Hi Andy,

If a pilot received the Air Crew Europe Star then he would have the France and Germany bar and not the star.

Alex

Just in from nighshift so here we go, and that’s my excuse if I’m wrong. :rolleyes:

This’ll be totaly wrong but I reckon they are Javelins at the SBAC flying display at Farnborough sometime in the 60’s. Don’t know what squadron but go for 23 Squadron.

Alex

Hi,

Nice photos. I hope they fully restore the Blenheim IV.

I had a look though some of my files as I rembered an article about the Finnish Blenheims. The Mk IV is BL-200 a Finnish built machine. This aircraft also incorporates parts received from Yugoslavia.

As spares for these aircraft were virtually non existant due to the war they struck a deal with the Germans which was signed in October 1941. The Yugoslavian aircraft company Ikarus had licence built Blenmheims for the Yugoslavian Air Force. With the capture of the factory by the Germans there were loads of spares lying around so complete wings, fuselages and vital drawings were sold to the Finns.

The Finns purchased 18 Mk I’s (called Series I) and 5 Mk IV’s (Series V) and produced 45 Mk I’s (15 Series II’s and 30 Series III’s) and 10 Mk IV’s.

I haven’t found any details on the two Mk I noses yet.

I wonder if there are any more bits lying in Yugoslavia?

Alex