My wife’s aunt is a journalist who some years ago interviewed an ex-RAF pilot who flew DWI Wellingtons in the Middle East for their local paper. – I’ll ask her if she still has the transcript if you are interested.

IIRC there were two Richard L Wards, one who did Modeldecals and the other (Richard Leask Ward) who did profiles for Aircam etc.

I can put you in touch with the former.

More googling found this:

http://www.57thfightergroup.org/pictures/bob_hanning/southern_italy/126.jpg

and for comparison, a Co-belligerent air force example

http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/662941-3/500x318xMC200-COB-COL-LE-44.pagespeed.ic.z7YV5hFC2_.jpg

Not at home, so away from my notes etc, but there were several Macchis flown with British/Commonwealth markings – I know of at least a 202 and a 205 off the top of my head, not so sure of 200s

I wonder if those are Co-Beligerent Italian markings (Green, White, red) rather than British ones?

Ahhh that’ll be the Mail then..

Better than the official RAF Museum T-shirt my wife bought me that has a ‘Submarine Spitfire’ on it!

[QUOTE=Alan Clark;1966134]It’s got its faults, but even so I got 98th Percentile.

I don’t really want to put any spoilers on here but when asked for Avro transport you don’t go for an aircraft which was all but a handful built for airline use,
[quote]

Not sure which you mean, of one, the vast majority were built for the RAF, and the other 1/3 of production was for the RAF – hardly a handful

and for another transport you don’t think of putting its civilian name, especially when it served under two different military names.

If it’s the one I think you mean, (Vickers) then it did military service in that name as well

Re colours: Temperate Sea Scheme is a pretty safe bet, given that the Goslings operated similarly were in that scheme. There is a good colour picture of a Grumman hangar showing a range of aircraft types, and although I can’t be certain it may include a Goose in TSS. I’m not sure where this has been published, but I’d look in the Jeff Ethell’s books first.

Hello,

Just reading the attachments in an earlier post that refers to “1212”.
It is noted as a Widgeon ?
So far I came across the following:
1205 = 42-38340
1206 = 42-38223
1207 = 42-38216
1208 = 42-52997
1209 = 42-38356
1210 = still on FAA site
1211 = 42-38285
1212 = ?
1213 = still on FAA site
1214 = still on FAA site
1218 = 42-38217

So did they have a Goose (HK822 ) AND a Widgeon (1212 )?

Also there is note of a SAAF Lodestar on attachment being “1371”, this was c/n 2069 ZS-AVS/ N672.

And must be of great interest to Bombay followers are the a/c serial numbers together with engine numbers.

All for now
Alex

Yes. ex NC28673

It’s most probably this one:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/message/1317200116/Hi+Pat%2C+you+would+open+that+can+of+worms+wouldn%27t+you.

(Just realised I linked to the wrong post in my earlier comment)

Butler’s Air Arsenal:North America gives it’s history as arriving at 107 MU at Kasfareet, on 25/5/1942, then used by the West Africa Communications Squadron in Sierra Leone, remaining in service until 1945.

He postulates that this was possibly acquired by the BAAC along with the Goose and Fairchild 91.

This was the post with the pic of NC3022/HK822 prior to delivery

http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/message/1317186788/Export+%28-%29+Grumman+G-21+colors-+Anybody+out+there