https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/topics.Military.uk.raf/17.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx
There might be a contact among these posts which deal with the same unit and mentions the crash.
Good reply John, I had missed the background to this epic project, so much has been learned and the skills up dated when P47 work is needed.
Meddle said…”and you lot are complaining about the paint? ” re read the posts, one person complained about the paint. The responses were thoughtful and not complaining.
Good to see another flying tribute, especially a rare breed. As for the scheme, most of the public do not know, they appreciate the aircraft as flown and shown. Your comments as an expert are valid but will be overwhelmed by the speed and sheer scale of how online media devours the initial news. If the person compiling the press release decides not to cover the aspect of the depiction which you highlight then thats a deliberate choice. We are not the sponsors of the build. As Jeepman suggests, make your self a consultant to the restoration team in question.
Superb film, thank you Tim.
Ohh Dear, glad i avoided buying the DVD, all the hours of airborne footage shot and so little used.
Google is your friend…45 seconds later…….http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/project_halifax.html
The branches of Uk armed forces were given the options to choose a historic element to be funded by MOD so indeed the RAF chose the BBMF which also has a very essential and active supporters club. The RN choose http://www.hms-victory.com/ and the Army http://www.tankmuseum.org/home
Other museums and collections are available….https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_and_war_museums_in_England
See message 3 in this forum with pic http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4991&page=4
For those wanting to see this before it departs for Norway on detachment ,try Goodwood.
Airfield grass is no longer the flat surface of times gone by, to discourage birds it is kept longer and as a result can hide all sorts of lumps and bumps, so you could be up ended rapidly. I have been in an Auster which taxied across grass between concrete taxi ways and as a result punctured a belly fuel tank.
That video good as it is just stops…surely what followed was a two ship take off? Although there does not appear to be a bone dome being worn unlike this flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=759CIhZgXsw
as an aside…the Illuminations at Blackpool in the year of the films release had the area around North pier decorated with some of the large models from the film and other suitable set dressing items like parachutes.The switch on was triggered by a Canberra releasing a photoflash just off the pier.
The initial posts by the character were generally responded to in a fair informative manner. These sensible responses were then ignored or mocked by the person asking for info which is a typical troll response. Just as well the threads gone, leave space for the interesting real posts. Although I enjoyed the comical responses by Matt as he entered the trough of despair.