Thinking about the contents of the book…

Do we want it to become a pictures-mostly coffeetable pictorial book on MH434, or do we want it to be a more in-depth biography? Personally i favour the latter (hey, i’m a writing guy, not a photographer 😉 ), but it’s of course something the MH434 Collective should decide.

My thoughts on the paperwork between the covers (without illustrations yet, i haven’t got a clue about paper quality and if it’s going to be full-colour print or just partly, etcetera…) are as follows:

-Introduction-
Basic information on the Spitfire being all gracefull, yadayada, and an introduction on MH434’s interesting and diverse history. It explains why a book on 434 is worth writing.

-1-
The First War
The period with the RAF from delivery from Castle Bromwich to 222sqn/Hornchurch up to storage at 9MU and disposal at 76MU. Including stories of the aircraft’s combat record, preferably with a bit of interview with one of it’s pilots if possible.

-2-
The Second War
It’s period with the Dutch Luchtstrijdkrachten during the Politional Actions in the Netherlands East Indies, as H68/H105.

-3-
Back to the Belgians
After getting her first taste of Belgian pilots with 349sqn, 434 of course went to Belgium. Both with the BLu and COGEA

-4-
…and back to Britain
I’m not sure if the post-1963 timeframe should be cut up, but the subject of interest of course has been flying as a warbird now for some 40 years already. I think an overview of it’s owners up until now, and it’s appearance at airshows and such should be here.

-5-
From blue skies to the silver screen
Focuses on 434’s career in films and TV-series and the like (commercials perhaps?).

-6-
From the outside
People not directly related with MH434 (so no operators/pilots/groundcrew) talking about their personal interest in 434.

-Addendum 1-
Technical modifications throughout it’s career
Something for Mark12 to loose himself in 😀

-Addendum 2-
An overview as detailed as possible of MH434’s whereabouts, markings and operators ever since August 1943. I have a very rough Excel-sheet i’m working on, drop me a private message or an email and you’ll get a copy (email at a.hubers#tiscali.nl , and yes that # should of course be @)

Comments of course more than welcome. Constructive is nice, destructive is even better because that actually works with me 🙂

You know that pic is going to be posted here at some point, don’t you 😉

So you think that if India buys six A50s, it should give two of them to Pakistan?

I do.

Cake
Chumbawamba
Cure, The
Cardigans
Corrs
Communards, The
Cypress Hill
Celia Cruz (Guantanamera, anyone?)
China Crisis
Calexico
Claw Boys Claw
Cornershop
Color me Badd 😀

Three variations of the Dutch appeltaart (can’t even spell properly… it’s T-A-A-R-T and not P-I-E) below. The lower one with the grid top is the most common one.

In the province of Limburg, there is a local variety of pies called vlaai which are flat (about one inch thick) and filled either with fruit (apple, plums, cherries, apricots are the traditional ones for varieties with a traditionally grated lid, all sorts of other fruit usually in the ‘open’ variety) or rice pudding (which is hefty, but delicious when fresh).

Originally posted by SabreAce
Wow! Thanks for that info. Do you have any more on Soviet jammers?

Little snaps, here and there. Hardly anything specific and definately not well-organised. Looking for something in particulair?

Hermeskeil is definately worth a visit – it’s mostly jets, but a great collection nevertheless.

A nice small museum is down south in the Black Forest area at Schwenningen. It has a few interesting exhibits: one of the German Canberra’s, a Bronco, a Sea Hawk, some Me109 debris, a Skeeter…

http://www.bingo-ev.de/~rf2884/villingen.html