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  • June 28, 2020 at 10:13 pm in reply to: Any Rudolf Hess crash experts here? #771187
    simonwood
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    Hi Anon,

    This may be what you are looking for.

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    Simon

     

    June 13, 2020 at 9:50 pm in reply to: Another 'what the heck is this'? #772565
    simonwood
    Participant

    My apologies if I’ve posted this in the wrong place.

    This photograph was taken in May 1941. Can anyone identify the man’s armband?

    ARMBAND.JPG

    Thank you.

    May 9, 2019 at 7:07 pm in reply to: Any Rudolf Hess crash experts here? #801830
    simonwood
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    Hi Fournier Boy,

    I wouldn’t say I’m an expert, but I’ve got more eye-witness accounts of the Hess landing in Scotland than you can shake a stick at, and they all contradict one another. Let me know if I can help. Simon

    September 28, 2018 at 10:39 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #774052
    simonwood
    Participant

    Hi All,

    Here’s a piece of film shot at Granja do Marqués [Sintra] in 1937.

    http://www.cinemateca.pt/cinemateca-digital/Ficha.aspx?obraid=3148&type=Video

    The movie description reads –

    “Aerodromo da Granja do Marquês, Sintra. Fourths: Junkers JU 52 / 3M, Potez 25, Focke Wulf Wheie, Wickers Val Paraizo 3, Avro Gadet and Avro 626. Presence of the Chairman of the Board, António de Oliveira Salazar. | The arrival of 10 war plans to Granja do Marquês’ airfield in Sintra.”

    Regards,

    Simon

    July 25, 2018 at 6:04 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #798680
    simonwood
    Participant

    Many thanks, Longshot.

    BTW, the second link throws up a 404.

    July 25, 2018 at 6:31 am in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #799010
    simonwood
    Participant

    Hi All,

    Did the Red Cross operate any DC-3s during 1940/1941?

    Many thanks.

    Simon

    June 20, 2018 at 6:47 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #780315
    simonwood
    Participant

    Just found this in a piece on Whitchurch Airport.

    “Paved taxiways and the east-west runway, 3048 feet long, were completed by the end of 1941.”

    June 19, 2018 at 5:36 pm in reply to: Zerstorer! #780942
    simonwood
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    Thank you, Aviart. That’s exactly the information I needed. You’re a genius.

    Here it is shown on perhaps the most famous Bf 110E of all.

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    Simon

    June 18, 2018 at 10:11 pm in reply to: Zerstorer! #781326
    simonwood
    Participant

    Sorry, I have no idea. That’s why I was asking.

    June 18, 2018 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Zerstorer! #781337
    simonwood
    Participant

    Bf 110

    Hi All,

    I would very much appreciate someone telling me the purpose of the circular hatch or whatever it is as indicated.

    Thank you very much.

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]261130[/ATTACH]

    Regards,

    Simon

    June 16, 2018 at 7:24 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #782439
    simonwood
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    Thanks, Longshot,

    I’ll have to wangle that particular detail.

    June 13, 2018 at 1:05 am in reply to: ME110 Force Landing behind the Church at Stansted Kent August 1940 #783956
    simonwood
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    This photograph is from The Sphere, 3rd August 1940. I don’t know if it’s your aircraft, as there are no location details, but the date is about right and it is a Bf 110.

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    Regards,

    Simon

    June 12, 2018 at 11:49 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #783967
    simonwood
    Participant

    Thank you, Eric,

    You are all very generous with information.

    One final [hopefully] question.

    In May 1941 was Whitchurch grass or asphalt.

    Regards,

    Simon

    June 12, 2018 at 6:10 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #784258
    simonwood
    Participant

    Hi Longshot,

    Thank you.

    Note to self: Must get a new pair of spectacles.

    Regards,

    Simon

    June 12, 2018 at 4:06 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #784286
    simonwood
    Participant

    Hi Longshot,

    Sorry, another question.

    I came across this in my travels—

    “Originally, five Douglas DC-3s and one Douglas DC-2 airliner were available [for the UK-Lisbon run], but with the loss of a DC-3 on 20 September 1940 in a landing accident at Heston, and the destruction of another DC-3 in November 1940 by Luftwaffe bombing at Whitchurch, only four aircraft remained.”

    Are the registration markings of these two destroyed DC-3s known?

    Regards,

    Simon

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