Bringing this old thread back in the hope someone can help.
Many thanks.
We all know of the tragic end to the Greenland B-29.
I don’t.
Many thanks, excellent reply.
Ta. Know anything about this particular aircraft?
Thanks for all the comments. This site excells in things like this and I just love it. If I see anymore I will post them.
Cheese?
Many thanks for your information Nick.
I remember being part of the 7th Army Parachute Team and doing a parachute demonstration there, circa 1974
perhaps those numbers are the date they arrived, or the dates they were transferred. perhaps they are a reference to the hut and compound they were in.
Thanks for the suggestions. I think we can discount the numbers being dates. Hut and compound is certainly a possibility. Also the numbers could relate to transportation allocation for the transfer.
Thanks Ross. Is the roster of Luft 6 available? Are other camps rosters available?
Is there a roster of Luftwaffe personnel at Luft 6 that would determine who signed the paper?
I think the “C” means Canadian although my father W.H. Layne was English. I am still puzzled by the numbers 5/7 6/3 6/6 and 6/7.
I have managed to come up with the second listed name. D.G. Mullock, RCAF.
Can anyone help me with the remainder?
She wasnt going for scrap as she is too carfully dismantled and also still has her turrets installed. I cant remember details but there is a story about this lanc and the pics…
A good observation Peter. As Dustyone has explained MG-G was on display at Gatwick July 10th 1948. Perhaps the aircraft was being transported to another air pageant in another town, hence the careful dismantling.
I think I can make the serial out as PA 414.
Air-Britain Serials says it was a Lancaster I that was delivered between June 44 and September 45. It served with 35 and then 7 Squadron and was struck off charge on 20th October 48.
Thanks for the information Jimbo. Is it possible to come up with the aircrafts operational history?
While I cannot add anything to the subject of this thread I am amazed by the number of forumites that have a link to Grantham. My dad’s family is from there and I lived there for 5 years as a child (66-71).
I would love to know more about Grantham aviation history if there is any (RAF Spitlgate etc.)
Wardie
Not entirely Grantham aviation related but Malcolm Knapp’s “Grantham The War Years” is of interest.
http://www.lincsheritage.org/publications/lincolnshire_county_council/details.php?bookref=gtwy
Can anyone tell us what trips the aircraft made and what is the colour scheme that it is painted in?