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September 14, 2008 at 3:25 pm in reply to: Bebb's Contribution to the Spanish Civil War #1209060

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The book ‘The Flyers’ by Brian Bridgeman gives the name as Bebb rather than Begg, otherwise details as per Longshot.

A chapter in the book devoted to the events in question, aircraft was G-ACYR.

Chumpy.

September 13, 2008 at 5:22 pm in reply to: A questionable technical drawing #1210051

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Looks like K5054 the prototype.

September 13, 2008 at 4:34 pm in reply to: A questionable technical drawing #1210069

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Yup they look like model plans to me,… being of German origin the instructions had to be carried out to the letter no doubt!!

September 9, 2008 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Bit of wreckage R.N. aircraft..ident?? #1213988

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Yes from what I have been told via PM, certainly looks a bit Firefly-ish!

Any FAA experts out there who could explain the stenciling?

Many thanks for all the responses.

Cheers, Chumpy.

September 5, 2008 at 7:26 pm in reply to: WW2 RAF Recon photos info? #1218428

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Colin,
Once more many thanks for the info, anything that you can find regarding locations would be much appreciated.

Cheers, Chumpy.

September 3, 2008 at 11:21 pm in reply to: Isacco Heliogyre #1220607

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..From the SARO Putnam volume.

September 3, 2008 at 9:13 pm in reply to: WW2 RAF Recon photos info? #1220940

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Hi Colin,
Many thanks for your input..(and Oneeigthbit previously).

Alas I can offer no background as to the origin of the photo’s..a recent ebay purchase!

Your suggestion regarding Army Co-op certainly might well be the case in respect of the photos. Attached are a couple more examples, at first glance just nondescript rural locations. Closer inspection reveals various army vehicles hiding by hedges under trees etc.

So looks to be an exercise of some sort, maybe in tactical PR work or camo by the ‘squaddies’? The date / location details etc similar to the previously posted photo.

I have one other photo taken on a different sortie by the look of it, showing barges on a beach / river estuary, location Sht 100 812325 150′ S.

Cheers, Chumpy.

August 31, 2008 at 2:49 pm in reply to: Spit fireproofing querie.. #1224772

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It would appear that early Mk1s did not have the fire bulkhead, the attached shows the rear face of the tank visible below the compass.

As this ‘fire-wall’ is only a bit of 22 swg ali, I wonder as to it’s actual effectivness? Certainly would not of contained a fire for very long, maybe would have given a few precious seconds to get the hell out.

Or perhaps to put the pilots mind at rest a bit, rather than having to gaze at the tank!

Chumpy.

August 31, 2008 at 10:43 am in reply to: RAF Airfield I.D., 1930s ? #1224932

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Hi James,

Yes they could well be Hectors, those around the Anson certainly from the ‘Hawker’ stable. As you point out not quite right for a Hart due to the lack of sweepback on the wings.

The aircraft at the other end of the hangar certainly of a different breed, Tutors being my educated guess. I will indeed have to do a bit more research as to the based units and their aircraft.

Chumpy.

August 31, 2008 at 9:26 am in reply to: WW2 RAF Recon photos info? #1225005

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Hi Teej,
Many thanks for the links, yes it could indeed be the British Modified System.

The numerical ordinates I can understand but without the relevant ‘lettered’ prefix I am stuck. Cannot seem to find the connection to the ‘Sht 89’ bit, a tricky subject it would seem!

Perhaps the Sht 89 is infact a Ordnance Survey ref? This being a map that covers the area around Morecombe – Workington etc?

Chumpy.

August 30, 2008 at 7:40 pm in reply to: RAF Airfield I.D., 1930s ? #1225562

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Upavon without a doubt. I’ve aerial photos of the airfield dating from 1913 to 1937; the road clump of trees behind the hangers on the left of the photo and general road pattern are distinctive. Any chance I could have a copy? I’m particularly interested in one of the minor buildings – it was the very first airfield met office and is still there today.

The first photo is taken from the south (give or take a few degrees) over what was known as the South airfield; the North airfield is just visible to the top right.

The annex along the hanger was converted into the met office in 1944, and was used as such until 1972 – I worked in it from 1966-72.

Brian

Hi Brian,
Wow many thanks for your speedy answer!

The photos look to be RAF aerial recon photos, 5″ square contact prints. I have a couple more of the place, roughly where was the Met Office building?.. I will endeavour to do a close up scan.

Cheers, Chumpy.

PS..Will give you a PM in the near future.

August 29, 2008 at 3:04 pm in reply to: Spitfire – Supermarine support during WW2 #1226828

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Hi Voytech,
No specific credit for the AST photos. A note on the rear cover states, the major source of the photos is from the picture library of the Southern Daily Echo.

Chumpy.

August 28, 2008 at 7:02 pm in reply to: Spitfire – Supermarine support during WW2 #1227654

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Chumpy, can i ask where they photo is from? I can’t quite tell but is that DL-B in the middle? And is it an XIV or an XII?

Dan,
Having squinted a bit closer at one of the other photos, it is either VL-B or YL-B, serial sarts with an R.

August 28, 2008 at 5:31 pm in reply to: Spitfire – Supermarine support during WW2 #1227749

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Chumpy, can i ask where they photo is from? I can’t quite tell but is that DL-B in the middle? And is it an XIV or an XII?

Hi Dan..and Voy,
The photo is from Southampton at War by Anthony Kemp, Ensign Pubs, 1994.

It has a couple of pages devoted to AST but no detailed text as such. The ‘inside’ shots seem to show mostly XIVs with a few ‘Merlin’ variants amongst them. Reproduction is not all that great, so difficult to say if it is DL-B or not.

On a preceeding page is a view of the external storage yard, many wrecks on view. Quite a few with ‘invasion stripes’ so 1944/ 45 period, buried amongst them all an early Mk1 R6687.

Oh to go back in time, camera in hand etc!

Cheers, Chumpy.

August 27, 2008 at 5:28 pm in reply to: Spitfire – Supermarine support during WW2 #1228874

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..Mucho repair work on Spits carried out by Air Service Training at Hamble during WW2. One of the largest CROs involved in this work I am led to understand.
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