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  • July 17, 2015 at 4:53 pm in reply to: TV Heads Up #858129
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    A quote taken from a review of the film on imdb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049313/reviews?start=0 posted by Kaye 129 which might be useful or not,

    “I was, in fact, at RAF College Cranwell in the early sixties as a cadet and yes, we all saw the film. if I can remember back that far, correct and it was meant to be taking place at the College although I believe much of the filming went on at a Norfolk or Suffolk fighter base such as Middleton St George or Waterbeach.”

    July 17, 2015 at 3:05 pm in reply to: TV Heads Up #858171
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    The colour version of the film is currently on You Tube.

    The hangar interior looks like it could be either a type A or type C?.

    There is a Provost early in that scene but whether that helps or not I don’t know, if it’s Cranwell then it could be WW435 of the RAFC which became an instructional airframe 7227M there after May 1955 after it tipped up on it’s nose following and accident near Biggleswade. Although I notice it has yellow trainer bands and not RAFC blue bands.

    July 17, 2015 at 10:02 am in reply to: TV Heads Up #858397
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    Looking at the Vampire which is coded ’12’ and is in camouflage. At the RAF Valley BofB display held on 14th September 1957 listed in the flying display were the following RAFC Cranwell Vampire including one code ’12’

    Vampires: WG837/10, WA369/32, WR194/25, WX215/12 all RAF College, Cranwell, = WX215 is a single seat FB9

    May 17, 2015 at 9:47 am in reply to: Wellesbourne Replica Spitfire #909663
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    Last heard of and maybe still at Lodge Hill Garage in Abingdon

    May 16, 2015 at 6:16 pm in reply to: More from Alan Noble's collection #910044
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    LAHARVE

    Hi I have sent you a p.m.

    Hurricane LF363 at Booker by the way

    May 15, 2015 at 12:08 pm in reply to: Spotted (2015) #911248
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    Blenheim ? heading south over Henley-on-Thames about 10.30 ish

    April 30, 2015 at 12:19 pm in reply to: What surviving aircraft would be candidates for the RAF Museum #923173
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    Sea Otter cockpit section in Australia

    In the latest Flypast June issue it mentions a Boeing Washington WF444 fuselage found on the Dugway Proving Ranges in Utah, not sure what condition it would be in though would make a great addition to the collection.

    And why not a AOP9 in the WZ/XK serial range as these are ex RAF would complete a nice range of Auster types

    Several years back wasn’t images of a Whitley lying in the Baltic Sea?

    April 24, 2015 at 9:55 am in reply to: More from Alan Noble's collection #927128
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    The Hawker Hunter XF946 was certainly at Booker on the 11th July 1971.
    The Me109 or Buchon is replica BAPC74 which later was displayed at Torbay, Devon

    April 9, 2015 at 9:14 am in reply to: What surviving aircraft would be candidates for the RAF Museum #856418
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    Yes forgot the gliders certainly would make a site with examples of each ATC type etc hanging from a roof at Cosford I guess.
    Did not know about the Maryland either that would certainly be on the list, also I would assume a Jaguar would be available from Cosford when the training school moves?.

    April 8, 2015 at 12:30 pm in reply to: Spotted (2015) #857399
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    Yak-3 D-FLAK ‘OO’ seen heading north towards High Wycombe at 12.15ish

    March 8, 2015 at 5:43 pm in reply to: Spitfire TMk8 #884431
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    I know that they have had to carry out a lot of work and source parts or have them made etc because it is very much a one off even though it is a Spitfire,
    perhaps Tom can enlighten us with news?.

    February 24, 2015 at 9:16 am in reply to: RFC Technical Officers School of Instruction #893099
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    Thank you all for the information so far, a few things to check out.

    Yes I was aware of the significance of the date it’s just I had not dragged myself into 1918 yet!.

    November 5, 2014 at 9:24 am in reply to: John Justin – Actor and Pilot (Sound Barrier film) #910138
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    He was an instructor with 21 EFTS at Booker from 1943 until 1944 as is mentioned in the book “Wycombe Air Park – Booker, A Photographic History”.

    Other film stars or movie related instructors at Booker were David Tomlinson, film director Peter Seabourne and author of Sagittarius rising Cecil Lewis.

    October 26, 2014 at 11:51 am in reply to: Hunter and Harvard placed in Maidenhead field #919667
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    Yes both ex Booker with Barry Parkhouse, Hunter T7 XL592 & Harvard KF435

    October 2, 2014 at 12:21 pm in reply to: Acquisitions & Disposals #859068
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    Perhaps they could swap the Skeeter for a proper CFS example XM556 or XM564.

    I guess if I was looking at possible disposals/exchanges with the collection swap/loan out the Swiss Venom and get the ex RAF NF3 WX905 (which should not have been disposed of in the first place in my opinion) back from Newark on loan maybe?.
    I also think the following (maybe me being controversial) are out of place with the collections policy and perhaps could be used as swap items for future acquisitions
    Casa Jungmann
    Casa 352 (Ju52)
    Flying Flea
    Mustang at Cosford
    Neptune
    Catalina
    RF-84 Thunderjet
    Swiss Vampire at Stafford
    Pucara

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