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  • August 13, 2013 at 9:09 am in reply to: What is it? #985539
    paulmcmillan
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    Spitfire ‘Tangled Mess of Wood and Metal’ well I don’t think much of their Intelligence Dept

    August 13, 2013 at 9:06 am in reply to: 'Missing' WAAF #985543
    paulmcmillan
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    J S Duffield – well if we track the Duffield in FreeBmd

    Freebridge Lynn , QW 2 1904

    Phyllis Qtr 1 1904 = Maybe Cousin?
    Phyllis Mary Qtr 3 1904 <- Our Target

    Probably had a number of Sisters/Brothers/Cousins in the area

    Roise Qtr 3 1902
    John Stanley Qtr 4 1902 <- J S Duffield
    Bertie William Qtr 2 1909
    Herbert J Qtr 3 1910
    Winifred R Qtr 4 1910

    Unfortunately they only started recording mother in 1912

    Richard H Qtr 1 1912 – Mother Maidenname Walker –> Probably to late as married 1909
    Gladys M Qtr 2 -1916 – Mother Maidenname Peacher –> Married 1901 James William Duffield married Ruth Elizabeth Peacher Dec 1901 registered Downham (Norfolk area) – possibility

    August 12, 2013 at 8:12 pm in reply to: Shuttleworth Sea Hurricane takes a bird strike #986112
    paulmcmillan
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    Combat Report Form F

    11th August 2013

    I was flying a Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk 1b Serial Z7105 on 11th August 2013 over Shuttleworth Aerodrome when I spotted the Enemy Kite (correction it was not a Kite but a Pigeon – Intelligence Officer) preparing to dive bomb the field at 1000 feet. I took immediate action and managed to “wing it” with my starboard wing. The pigeon was totally destroyed

    I claim 1 kill 100% Write-off as witnessed by a few thousand people

    signed Keith Dennison

    August 12, 2013 at 10:01 am in reply to: ATC Squadron instructional airframes #987116
    paulmcmillan
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    Talking of ATC Hector’s anyone have an idea on an ID for this one

    http://www.sohamgrammar.org.uk/ATC-SY41-42.htm

    August 11, 2013 at 8:43 pm in reply to: Shuttleworth Sea Hurricane takes a bird strike #987633
    paulmcmillan
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    Are they going to paint a “kill” marking under the cockpit?

    August 11, 2013 at 4:48 pm in reply to: ATC Squadron instructional airframes #987913
    paulmcmillan
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    You never know….tarmac can always be replaced in the holidays

    Only if it is not in the monsoon season….

    August 11, 2013 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Handley Page 0/400 crash in Sussex? #987917
    paulmcmillan
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    Can’t find this incident in any Virginia Histories in the Air Britain J Serials book. Shame the serial number not shown, some 58 Sqn codes are listed but no ‘V’ I am afraid I am sure another photo will eventually turn up which shows a serial – there are enough people around it so that can’t be the only photo in existence

    August 11, 2013 at 2:03 pm in reply to: Handley Page 0/400 crash in Sussex? #988097
    paulmcmillan
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    Can only find Vickers Virginia of 58 Sqn Worthy Down crashing at Broadbridge Heath on August 19 1927 4 crew not injured
    forced landed when the oil supply became disconnected

    August 9, 2013 at 8:54 pm in reply to: Curtiss H16 Flying Boat Relic #989602
    paulmcmillan
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    If it was a Spitfire, they’d have it flying again by now from a piece that size! 😉

    Yes but it also had a robust provenance!!!

    Unlike some Spit……

    August 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm in reply to: Curtiss H16 Flying Boat Relic #990114
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    Tony

    Great I wonder what happened to Curtiss H16 serial 4895!

    thanks

    Paul

    August 9, 2013 at 2:27 pm in reply to: Curtiss H16 Flying Boat Relic #990221
    paulmcmillan
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    “It gave specific details of the actual aircraft the prop came from”

    Interesting what is the story behind it? thanks Paul

    August 9, 2013 at 2:23 pm in reply to: 'Missing' WAAF #990223
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    Andy

    Yes a few of these anomalies I have two RAFO Officers killed in 1939 on war work not on CWGC as RAF does not consider them ‘in service’ and I have a Wife of a senior officer who died after ww2 outside the UK who for some unbeknown reason has a grave maintained by the CWGC!
    Paul

    August 9, 2013 at 9:57 am in reply to: Half-naked display. What's the issue? #990574
    paulmcmillan
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    Also how would they have filmed Minnie Driver in the front gun turret?:rolleyes:

    July 23, 2013 at 6:31 pm in reply to: Spitfire Doctor #1006560
    paulmcmillan
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    Interesting… Not doubting the mans story but I wonder if he has some of the details wrong…19 Sqn were the first to receive Spitfires, if they were fast tracking a Spitfire to its first 500 hours then it would make more sense doing it there.

    However, a lot of the early Spitfires were written off or had accidents early in Service as pilots often ‘forgot’ to put wheels down

    thus, you could NOT predict which aircraft hit 500 hours first…

    Saying that

    http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html

    Shows 66 Sqn’s first Spit appears to be K9804

    But look at these two…

    K9789 Ia 3 EA MII 19S Duxford 4-8-38 intensive service trials
    K9790 Ia 4 EA MII 19S 11-8-38 intensive service trials VA stripped for detailed exam

    July 15, 2013 at 3:48 pm in reply to: The Plane (sic) That Saved Britain – Channel 4. next Sunday 8.00 pm #1014646
    paulmcmillan
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    Oh no the “Spitfire People’s Front” or the “People’s Front of Spitfire” will be manning the barricades over that….

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