The report linked says that remains were identified as members of that B17 crew, but just could not distinguish who was who. Presumably that means that he was listed as killed but unidentified?

Now back up on FR24 NW of Stornoway.

hampden98
The person giving your talk did not know what they were talking about. Oxygen gets into the blood stream by diffusing along partial pressure gradients. At sea level the partial pressure of oxygen in air is 21kPa (actually nearer 15 at lung level) and the partial pressure in blood arriving at the lungs is around 5kPa. That gives you the pressure gradient. At altitude the numbers drop (less in the air which means less in arterial blood so less in the blood flowing to the lungs). Add anything to the inspired air and the pressure gradient increases so oxygen gets into the blood.

While Reinhold Messner did get to the top of Everest without oxygen he was blind for quite a bit of the descent with oxygen starvation to his eyes on his first trip.

Does anyone have any idea (and I REALLY mean ball park figure what transporting this airframe to the other end of the UK- I don’t know where it is but I know where I am) what transport might cost? I have a few pennies spare and might be interested.

Anyone wanna buy a kidney?

I have heard of a nice man in Nigeria who could broker it for you. Please send name, address, and bank account details and he will sort out the necessary.

Goldilocks

The ISBN is 095111133-7 “Beware! Beware!”

611 went to Martlesham on 13.7.42 for a week, then Ipswich on 27th “the aerodrome is rather small and very rough”!

Steve

Goldilocks

Sorry to disappoint- I hold what I thought was a full set of Forms 540 and 541 on behalf of the 611 Squadron Association. I have nothing from 23.7.42 until 1.8.42 in the 540 pages and nothing at all for 451 in July.

As mine is one of several obtained by the 611 Squadron Association I suspect that they will all be missing that bit, so you will have to go to the original source for the details. If you get any information about this can you please let me know, because obviously I would like it too. If anyone else happens to be going anywhere near the PRO and fancy doing me a favour I would happily recompense any costs involved in getting me a copy of the missing bits.

Aldon Ferguson’s book on 611 confirms that they went to Martlesham Heath on 13 July 42 for a week’s air firing practice. Weather and unserviceability prevented much from happening although they did score several hits on the Lysander towing the drogue! Your date of 27.7.42 is confirmed, with 8 Mk V and 9 shiny new Mk IX Spitfires and 15 ground personnel (mainly armourers).”Early on 28 July air firing of the Mk IXs cannons at all altitudes up to 40 000 feet began”.

They clearly didn’t do well and the ORB for August puts this down to lack of flying time from unserviceability.

Steve