Regarding the Typhoon/Me262 drawing –

To my knowledge it didn’t – hence it piqued my interest!! . . .

I guess you’re saying here that 609 didn’t shoot down any 262s Snapper. The first Me 262 to be shot down was by a 3(F)Sqn Tempest pilot, P/O RW (Bob) Cole on 13 Oct 1944. His kite was JN868 and the 262 was 9K + FL flown by UnterOfficer Edmund Delatowski. Bob Cole closed from 400 to 100 yards and his burst of cannon fire caused the 262 to blow up. This gen from the 3 Sqn historian and also, I believe, in Chris Thomas and Chris Shaw’s book Typhoon & Tempest Story. Seems there were six or seven Me262s shot down by Tempests/Typhoons in 1944 (including one by 486 Sqn) not bad for prop-v-jet.

Also, agree about PaulC’s renderings, very professional, maybe he should apply to the Guild of Aviation Artists (if he is not already a member)

Fairly bemused by all the minging on this thread. Sad denouncements from a bunch of people who get all dreamy-eyed over warbirds – planes that were designed explicitly to strafe, drop bombs, kill people and break their stuff. 😡

I’m with Damien on this, lighten up, it’s only banter. Gawds, some of you wouldn’t have lasted five minutes in the RAF of my day. :diablo:

Hi Albert

Good point, but I don’t think I’d make that sort of mistake. 😎

I mentioned WT308 as a possible ident for Glen’s Canberra at Kemble because it seemed to be the one that fitted the detail Glen sent me about this pic back in 2000.

First. Glen’s couldn’t have been the cranberry that Rob flew in because, if it is WT308 at Kemble, that didn’t join the Farnborough fleet until Nov 1966 (Rob’s flight was in 1961).

Second. As Damien says, the “civie” Canberras flew with all sorts of strange and wonderful nose configurations. In this case though, I think that this B(I)6 had had its nose glazing covered (with neoprene rather than paint?) because in Glen’s pic you can clearly see the nose glazing joint line (very near the front). If it had been a T.4 the panel joint line where the nose hinges open would have been much further back towards the cockpit.

Third. As the (poor b/w scan) pic here shows, WT308 was in the same configuration when pictured a year earlier at Farnborough with RAE’s Western Squadron. The aircraft in the pic are Hunter T.7 XL563 (see also on Damien’s site for this Hunter), Canberra B(I)6 WT308 (subject of this post) and T.4 WH844 (note different paint job with sexy cheat line – blue in colour).

Accordingly I opted for WT308 for Glen’s Canberra at Kemble and, for different reasons, opted for WH952 for Rob’s flight experience. 😉

Hope this helps. 😉