whaleboneTHAT…………. is about as good as it can get. Well done to all concerned !! :D:D:D:D:D
whaleboneLikewise we can’t make it 🙁 Hope you have a great day that is well attendend.
whaleboneLikewise we can’t make it 🙁 Hope you have a great day that is well attendend.
whaleboneOne less !
http://sandylake.firstnation.ca/press-release-wasaya-airplane-fire
Apparently is common practice to use a petrol Honda water pump to transfer fuel as they are considerably cheaper than the correct device. 😮
A false economy it would appear……. muppets :rolleyes:
whaleboneAhoy there
Welcome along Chidders, try posting this one on the historic board as well, a wealth of knowledge over there about things long ago. Sadly Mildenhall Fete falls firmly into that catagory 🙁
regards.
Phil
whaleboneMy goodness ! Where on earth are the thread police ? Shouldn’t this be slammed locked shut without a sniff of explanation and moved to historic ?? :dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::diablo::diablo::dev2::dev2:
whaleboneMy goodness ! Where on earth are the thread police ? Shouldn’t this be slammed locked shut without a sniff of explanation and moved to historic ?? :dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::diablo::diablo::dev2::dev2:
whaleboneSadly another has passed. The last Polish BoB pilot.
whaleboneSadly another has passed. The last Polish BoB pilot.
whaleboneBump
Sadly “The Few” get fewer each year but these chaps are still battling on !
Cheers to you Gentlemen.
A
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Appleford, 66 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
B
Group Captain Leonard Bartlett, DSO, 17 Squadron, Perth, Australia, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Percival Harold Beake, 64 Squadron, Bristol, Spitfires.
Wing commander Hugh ‘Beazle’ Beazley, DFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Alan Bennison, AE, New Zealander, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Bent, DFC, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Archibald McNeill Boyd, DSO, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Bernard Brown, New Zealander, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Pilot Officer Norman McHardy Brown, 41 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant ‘OV’ Owen Burns, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
C
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Carthew, 253, 85,145 Squadrons, Canada, Hurricanes.
Pilot Officer Joseph Chamberlain, 235 Squadron, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant William Terence Clark, DFM, 219 Squadron, North Yorkshire, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant William James Corbin, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Air Commodore James Baird Coward, AFC, 19 Squadron, Australia, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant Michael Ernest Croskell, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Wallace Cunningham, DFC, 19 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
D
Mr Herbert David Denchfield, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Group Captain Billy Drake, DSO, DFC, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Nigel George Drevel, 610 Squadron, Spitfires.
E
Wing Commander John Francis Durham Elkington, 1 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
Air Commodore John Lawrence Wemyss Ellacombe, CB, DFC, 151 Squadron, Suffolk, Hurricanes.
F
Wing Commander Paul Caswell Farnes DFM, British, 501 Squadron, Hurricanes.
Sergeant Hubert Luiz Flower, 248 Squadron, Derbyshire, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Robart William Foster, DFC, AE, 605 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Charles George Frizell, 257 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
G
Group Captain, John Rushton Gard’ner, New Zealander, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.
Squadron Leader Alan Antill Gawith, DFC, New Zealander, Scotland, Defiants.
Flight Lieutenant Trevor Gray, 64 Squadron, , Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant William James Green, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant John Peter Bowtell Greenwood, 253 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.
H
Flight Lieutenant Peter Raymond Hairs, MBE, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader John Stewart Hart, 54 and 602 Squadrons, Canada, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Thomas Norman Hayes, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Arthur Hewett, 607 Squadron, United States, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Arthur Holder, 236 Squadron, Oxfordshire, Blenheim.
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Kent Hughes, DFC, AE, 23 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Blenheims.
I
Squadron Leader Thomas Clifford Iveson, DFC, AE, 616 Squadron, North Lincolnshire, Spitfires.
J
Flight Lieutenant Richard Leoline Jones, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
K
Wing Commander Terence Michael Kane, 234 Squadron, Yorkshire, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Robert Austin Kings, 238 Squadron, St Eval, Hurricanes.
L
Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont, French, 615 Squadron, Paris, Hurricanes.
Mr Keith Ashley Lawrence, DFC, 234 Squadron, Canada, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Graham Leggett, 615 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Robin Lucas, 141 Squadron, Defiants.
M
Flight Lieutenant Ronald MacKay, 234 Squadron, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Roy Andrew McGowan, 46 Squadron, New Zealand, Hurricanes.
Group Captain Arthur Montagu-Smith, DL RAF Ret’d, 264 Squadron, Essex, Defiants.
Wing Commander Roger Edward Guy Morewood, 248 Squadron, London, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Geoffrey Edward Morris, FIU – Observer, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Hewlett Mounsdon, 56 Squadron, Spain, Hurricanes.
N
Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, DFC, AFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Douglas Benjamin Fletcher Nicholls, DFC, 151 Squadron, Suffolk, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Reginald Charles Nutter, DFC, 257 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
O
Wing Commander Peter Olver, DFC, 611 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
P
Flight Lieutenant George Charles Calder Palliser, DFC, 249 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Tony Garforth Pickering, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Harry Arthur Robin Prowse, 266 Squadron, Brazil, Spitfires.
R
Flight Lieutenant Denis Norman Robinson, 152 Squadron, Northumberland, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Stuart Nigel Rose, 602 Squadron, Spitfires.
S
Flying Officer Tadeusz Sawicz, DFC, KW, 303 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Edward Brian Bretherton Smith, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Norman Henry Jackson Smith, DFC, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
Flying Officer Leonard Smith, 219 Squadron, Australia, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Henry Smyth, DFC, 111 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Henry Arnold Sprague, 3 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
Warrant Officer H G Stewart, 236 Squadron, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Richard Gordon Battensby Summers, OBE, OStJ, AFM, 219 Squadron, Yorkshire, Blenheims.
T
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Hendry Thom, DFC, FRICS, 79 Squadron, South Wales, Hurricanes.
Mr Thomas William Townshend, 600 Squadron, South Africa, Blenheims.
W
Squadron Leader Michael Terry Wainwright, AFC, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant William Louis Buchanan Walker, 616 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Harris Augustus Wellum, DFC, 92 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Sydney Anthony Hollingsworth Whitehouse, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Mr Robert White, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
Flying Officer Kenneth Astill Wilkinson, 616 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
Group Captain Allan Richard Wright, DFC, AFC, 92 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.
http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/bobhsoc/aircrew/surviving.html
whaleboneBump
Sadly “The Few” get fewer each year but these chaps are still battling on !
Cheers to you Gentlemen.
A
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Appleford, 66 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
B
Group Captain Leonard Bartlett, DSO, 17 Squadron, Perth, Australia, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Percival Harold Beake, 64 Squadron, Bristol, Spitfires.
Wing commander Hugh ‘Beazle’ Beazley, DFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Alan Bennison, AE, New Zealander, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Bent, DFC, 25 Squadron, Essex, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Archibald McNeill Boyd, DSO, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Bernard Brown, New Zealander, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Pilot Officer Norman McHardy Brown, 41 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant ‘OV’ Owen Burns, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
C
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Carthew, 253, 85,145 Squadrons, Canada, Hurricanes.
Pilot Officer Joseph Chamberlain, 235 Squadron, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant William Terence Clark, DFM, 219 Squadron, North Yorkshire, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant William James Corbin, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Air Commodore James Baird Coward, AFC, 19 Squadron, Australia, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant Michael Ernest Croskell, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Wallace Cunningham, DFC, 19 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
D
Mr Herbert David Denchfield, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Group Captain Billy Drake, DSO, DFC, 213 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Nigel George Drevel, 610 Squadron, Spitfires.
E
Wing Commander John Francis Durham Elkington, 1 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
Air Commodore John Lawrence Wemyss Ellacombe, CB, DFC, 151 Squadron, Suffolk, Hurricanes.
F
Wing Commander Paul Caswell Farnes DFM, British, 501 Squadron, Hurricanes.
Sergeant Hubert Luiz Flower, 248 Squadron, Derbyshire, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Robart William Foster, DFC, AE, 605 Squadron, West Sussex, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Charles George Frizell, 257 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
G
Group Captain, John Rushton Gard’ner, New Zealander, 141 Squadron, Scotland, Defiants.
Squadron Leader Alan Antill Gawith, DFC, New Zealander, Scotland, Defiants.
Flight Lieutenant Trevor Gray, 64 Squadron, , Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant William James Green, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant John Peter Bowtell Greenwood, 253 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.
H
Flight Lieutenant Peter Raymond Hairs, MBE, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader John Stewart Hart, 54 and 602 Squadrons, Canada, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Thomas Norman Hayes, DFC, 600 Squadron, Kent, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Arthur Hewett, 607 Squadron, United States, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Arthur Holder, 236 Squadron, Oxfordshire, Blenheim.
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Kent Hughes, DFC, AE, 23 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Blenheims.
I
Squadron Leader Thomas Clifford Iveson, DFC, AE, 616 Squadron, North Lincolnshire, Spitfires.
J
Flight Lieutenant Richard Leoline Jones, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
K
Wing Commander Terence Michael Kane, 234 Squadron, Yorkshire, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Robert Austin Kings, 238 Squadron, St Eval, Hurricanes.
L
Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont, French, 615 Squadron, Paris, Hurricanes.
Mr Keith Ashley Lawrence, DFC, 234 Squadron, Canada, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Graham Leggett, 615 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Robin Lucas, 141 Squadron, Defiants.
M
Flight Lieutenant Ronald MacKay, 234 Squadron, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Roy Andrew McGowan, 46 Squadron, New Zealand, Hurricanes.
Group Captain Arthur Montagu-Smith, DL RAF Ret’d, 264 Squadron, Essex, Defiants.
Wing Commander Roger Edward Guy Morewood, 248 Squadron, London, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Geoffrey Edward Morris, FIU – Observer, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Hewlett Mounsdon, 56 Squadron, Spain, Hurricanes.
N
Wing Commander Thomas Francis Neil, DFC, AFC, 249 Squadron, Yorkshire, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Douglas Benjamin Fletcher Nicholls, DFC, 151 Squadron, Suffolk, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Reginald Charles Nutter, DFC, 257 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
O
Wing Commander Peter Olver, DFC, 611 Squadron, Cambridgeshire, Spitfires.
P
Flight Lieutenant George Charles Calder Palliser, DFC, 249 Squadron, Australia, Hurricanes.
Squadron Leader Tony Garforth Pickering, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Harry Arthur Robin Prowse, 266 Squadron, Brazil, Spitfires.
R
Flight Lieutenant Denis Norman Robinson, 152 Squadron, Northumberland, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Stuart Nigel Rose, 602 Squadron, Spitfires.
S
Flying Officer Tadeusz Sawicz, DFC, KW, 303 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
Wing Commander Edward Brian Bretherton Smith, DFC, 610 Squadron, Kent, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Norman Henry Jackson Smith, DFC, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
Flying Officer Leonard Smith, 219 Squadron, Australia, Blenheims.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Henry Smyth, DFC, 111 Squadron, London, Hurricanes.
Flight Lieutenant Henry Arnold Sprague, 3 Squadron, Canada, Hurricanes.
Warrant Officer H G Stewart, 236 Squadron, Blenheims.
Wing Commander Richard Gordon Battensby Summers, OBE, OStJ, AFM, 219 Squadron, Yorkshire, Blenheims.
T
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Hendry Thom, DFC, FRICS, 79 Squadron, South Wales, Hurricanes.
Mr Thomas William Townshend, 600 Squadron, South Africa, Blenheims.
W
Squadron Leader Michael Terry Wainwright, AFC, 64 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
Flight Lieutenant William Louis Buchanan Walker, 616 Squadron, Lincolnshire, Spitfires.
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Harris Augustus Wellum, DFC, 92 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
Wing Commander Sydney Anthony Hollingsworth Whitehouse, 501 Squadron, Bristol, Hurricanes.
Mr Robert White, 235 Squadron, Norfolk, Blenheims.
Flying Officer Kenneth Astill Wilkinson, 616 Squadron, London, Spitfires.
Group Captain Allan Richard Wright, DFC, AFC, 92 Squadron, West Sussex, Spitfires.
http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/bobhsoc/aircrew/surviving.html
whaleboneBBC news: Vulcan
XH559 grounded by fuel leak according to the Beeb. I kid you not 😀
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-14555794.
I should think so too, 559 went to St Athan for chopping up in 1981 :D:D:D does nobody even think to check these things :p
whaleboneGo on, you know you want to !
:dev2:
whaleboneIf just one of her fans who thought her attitude and lifestyle was “cool” is brought up sharp by her death then it won’t have been in vane, otherwise a complete waste of oxygen.
whaleboneIf just one of her fans who thought her attitude and lifestyle was “cool” is brought up sharp by her death then it won’t have been in vane, otherwise a complete waste of oxygen.
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