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December 11, 2004 at 4:35 pm in reply to: A puzzling Hurricane photograph. #1389926

paulmcmillan
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PS What is the second aerial on the cowling for? It is on both the photos of L1669 I have seen, and some other early Hurricanes

PS. I am plumping for L1669 with another prop fitted

December 11, 2004 at 4:07 pm in reply to: A puzzling Hurricane photograph. #1389956

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re:
“And elsewhere in the book there is what is claimed the only known photo taken of it in the Middle East, with it’s locally applied camo and yellow nose band indicating no guns fitted, and still with the 3 blade prop.”

I am looking at it now (Page 134) and the top and bottom props look funny for a 3 blader

anyway

Couple of Points

a) So we are assuming the photo of the Hudsonwas taken Sept 1942 during assembly ?

B) BTW it is a Volke filter on 277 I have a much better copy of that photo in Springbok Fighter Victory and there is another photo showing 277 from the front with an identical Volkes Filter (to our mystery Hurricane) and 2 blade propellar (black with yellow tips)

Paul

December 10, 2004 at 9:28 pm in reply to: Royal Flying Corps, 1918 #1391179

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Wastell was with 5 Training Squadron, when he was killed in Airco DH6 C5453 (which was built by Harland & Wolff)
on 23rd March 1918

Paul McMillan

December 10, 2004 at 3:06 pm in reply to: Royal Flying Corps, 1918 #1391692

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Well done!

I will see if I can track down the serial of the DH6 tonight.. I have once chance, that it may be in one of my books…. -But don’t hold your breath!

Paul

December 10, 2004 at 2:22 pm in reply to: A puzzling Hurricane photograph. #1391833

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Oh I wish I had a scanner. I’ve just found a picture of a No. 1 Sqdn SAAF Hurricane taken at Port Reitz in June 1940 with a Watts propeller and what looks like a Volkes filter fitted although it’s hard to tell from the angle the picture is taken at.

Anne

Go down to PC World straight away!

Seriously, can you read as serial? It would be good if I could tie SAAF 277 with an RAF Serial. There is ‘confusion’ over documented history of the seventh aircraft.

Secondly.. what book ?? for the source ??

Thanks

Paul

December 10, 2004 at 2:09 pm in reply to: A puzzling Hurricane photograph. #1391850

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PS

Are we missing something obvious

Fabric or Metal wings?? – Can anyone tell….

December 10, 2004 at 2:08 pm in reply to: A puzzling Hurricane photograph. #1391855

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Prehaps an unknown and un-documented part of the life of K5083 !!!!

I was only joking!

December 10, 2004 at 1:02 pm in reply to: A puzzling Hurricane photograph. #1392110

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Just a thought. Could it be one of the 7 ex RAF machines from first production batch which were handed to the SAAF in 1939. The filter could have been added later but there would have been little point in removing a perfectly usable Merlin II just so you could add a constant speeding prop.

As I say, just a thought.

Anne

Good thought..

I am doing this from memory but I think they were supplied with a fixed prop – I have a photo and reference for these at home but my google desktop tells me

271 L1708 Delivered 11/38
272 L1710 Delivered 11/38
273 L1711 Delivered 11/38
274 L1874 or L1875 or L1876 Probably L1874
275 L1874 or L1875 or L1876 Probably L1875
276 L1874 or L1875 or L1876 Probably L1876
277 ? SAAF Depot, Port Reitz

December 10, 2004 at 12:40 pm in reply to: P-51D N51EA "Double Trouble Two" sold to the U.S. #1392121

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Hey Martin,

Here are a couple of shots to cheer you up. 🙂

Double Trouble (one) the original and Ray Stutsman’s P-51 replication of the scheme and location.

Ray gave me the latter some time circa 1979.

Mark

Tut Tut – For the ‘new’ photo you could have least got a P-47 and a Petrol Bowser for the background rather than a TBM and a lorry in the same place!

– Was this intensional ??

Oh and put some drop tanks on as well !

Though I suppose you had to make due with what was available ??

😉

December 10, 2004 at 12:35 pm in reply to: A puzzling Hurricane photograph. #1392122

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Has anyone got access to the Air Britain Serial books and could tell use the uints where EW942 served as it may give us a clue to the location the photo was taken- I can’t get access to my copy until tonight

December 10, 2004 at 10:40 am in reply to: Royal Flying Corps, 1918 #1392571

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According to CWGC

He died 23/03/1918

December 10, 2004 at 10:36 am in reply to: A puzzling Hurricane photograph. #1392580

paulmcmillan
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L1669 ??

Could be..

http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/hurri8.html

December 9, 2004 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Aircraft down. 7th April 1945 #1394083

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Possible Clue

He is buried in a Joint Grave with

WICKS, WALTER RUSSELL Lieutenant MES/109 Indian Engineers 07/04/1945 41 8. D. Joint grave 14-15.

There may be others, so maybe a transport flight??

December 9, 2004 at 11:34 am in reply to: DH91 Albatross Replica #1395122

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Pic of the Albatross HERE

“When I grow up I want to be a Lockheed Constellation”

December 2, 2004 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Yet another Australian Coup!!! Thunderbolt New arrival #1406848

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Republic P-47D-4-RA Thunderbolt

42-22687 lost 29th April 1944

1st Lt. Marion C. Lutes (0-665424) (MIA)
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