Not so much visual humour, more verbal wind-ups.
Many young, wet behind the ears airmen were told to carry out the following.
“Go to medical centre and collect a yard of fallopian tubing for an ejection seat”
“Phone this number and ask for Sgt Barker”. (the number being the Police Dog Section)
“Go to stores for a left-handed screwdriver”
“Go to stores and ask for a long weight (wait!!!!!)”
“Go to stores and collect item reference number 1D-10T”
I’m sure there were many more, but these are the one’s I remember best.
Regards, Cabbage
go fetch some Tartan paint always worked
Not so much visual humour, more verbal wind-ups.
Many young, wet behind the ears airmen were told to carry out the following.
“Go to medical centre and collect a yard of fallopian tubing for an ejection seat”
“Phone this number and ask for Sgt Barker”. (the number being the Police Dog Section)
“Go to stores for a left-handed screwdriver”
“Go to stores and ask for a long weight (wait!!!!!)”
“Go to stores and collect item reference number 1D-10T”
I’m sure there were many more, but these are the one’s I remember best.
Regards, Cabbage
go fetch some Tartan paint always worked
I might have to grow my, sorry, some hair for that!:D
i remember having some of that also. im more “aerodynamic” nowerdays lol
I might have to grow my, sorry, some hair for that!:D
i remember having some of that also. im more “aerodynamic” nowerdays lol
a nice bit of history there
and in the UK theres at least 3 that are live and airworthy but!!
a couple of examples to give the idea why some letters appear to be others. i think the little windows can be a nuisance sometimes
Looks more like a 4-ship than a 5. Not WW2, but post war.
Not only KF398, but also KF625 and FX265, here marked H-83 (was that a Southern Rhodesia code?), went to S Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) early 1950s. FX265 crashed at Eastleigh, Kenya, 7 April 1955. The one farthest from the camera might be KF348 … ?
If so, it was with 1340 Flight in Kenya, and crashed in the Aberdare Mts 19 april 1954.
KF625 was “Cymru Am Byth”, also with 1340 Flight, Kenya, in 1955.
They appear to have bomb racks under the wings, so maybe they were involved in Mau Mau operations in Kenya at the time.
Looking at the ground, it could well be in S Rhodesia or Kenya.
Many thanks for that, didnt you see that “other one” way back behind the cloud lol. why i put 5 i dunno?
excellent shots, love the legs huddled from the rain under the Bucc
that ends that question then lol
Heavy Conversion Unit perhaps?
how cool is that, lucky sod
personaly if i had a missing relative from any time period in life even the slightest hope of them being found would re`stoke my fire to search for them. if it isnt the chap mentioned then at least it highlights the situation for the relatives and good will probably come of it.
i found the resting place of a crewman a few years ago and then contacted the relations, they knew nothing of how he and the rest of his crew died. it was only during the research of this crewman that we accidently discovered the whereabouts of his brother who had also died on a seperate occasion whilst flying with Bomber Command. incidently and just by chance they both had memorials made to them but hundreds of miles apart.
It does not matter who is lost or who is found, as long as they are not forgotten.
i still see ZR which makes no sense at all. looks nothing like an N unless of course its had the odd scrape n bump in that area that makes it look like an R ??
looks like ZR-G to me