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April 3, 2013 at 6:44 pm in reply to: Information about this airman please #944017

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Colin Cummings book on post war losses from 1950 to 1953 confirms Rayner killed in Meteor VT264

April 2, 2013 at 3:38 pm in reply to: Information about this airman please #945093

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Gerald Rayner aged 19 death registered Loughborough

MAY be something to do with

Meteor F.4 VT264 215 AFS (Advanced Flying School) Ran out of fuel and hit tree on approach at Castle Donington on 22 July 1952

April 2, 2013 at 1:33 pm in reply to: Battle of Britain medal 'clasp' #945216

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N R A Doughty

P/O Neville Anthony Richard Doughty #72477

April 2, 2013 at 12:57 pm in reply to: Battle of Britain medal 'clasp' #945239

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Sgt George Alfred Waller #801546 later #149145

DFC would be correct

March 28, 2013 at 11:42 am in reply to: Spitfire identity sought #949598

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If anyone confused by this Air Britain has this incident recorded on the wrong date

“31.8.42 Spitfire IIA P8583 CGS Holmes Farm, Cloot Drove, Crowland, Lincs. Collision “

Sgt Charles Ian Scott death #1382097 death on CWGC is 2 July 1942 – He was from Santiago, Chile

March 28, 2013 at 11:33 am in reply to: Air Historical Branch #949619

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I blame “Who Do You Think You Are?”.

March 27, 2013 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Are British Aerospace still destroying historical artifacts ? #950459

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There was a Sopwith Triplane that caught fire in the air and crashed fatally, but that was after BAE stopped providing drawings (the crash was in 1983)-
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This incident was N5004 Sopwith Triplane 22 July 1983 at Allegany New York

Pilot/Owner/Builder Dr George Wood Clapp aged 42 killed

March 13, 2013 at 2:22 pm in reply to: New To The UK register #963182

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G-Info has

G-EBHB

Avro 504K
Three-Seater Biplane

Certificate No 1003
Manchester Airways
127A Mostyn Street
Llandudno

Penrhyn Bay, Llandudno

Date of Registration: 17.7.23
Lapsed – Canc 8.24

need to find out its history

March 13, 2013 at 11:36 am in reply to: New To The UK register #963355

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An interesting registration on Feb 28th was Avro 504K G-EBHB (recorded as ex E2977). Anyone have any details?

This is one of 150 Avro 504 Aircraft ordered on Contract Number 35a/49/C29 on 26.2.18 from Morgan & Co and serialled from E2901 to E3050. All delivered by 25.1.19. However not fate is listed in Air Britain J Serials (and WW 1 Survivors)

Others in Batch served with RAF College and FTS

March 8, 2013 at 9:01 am in reply to: Dog-tag de-code? #970363

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May not be a “personal” ID tag but could be a tag used as a receipt token for loaned equipment.

Agreed! No Woolfox in Air 78

March 1, 2013 at 10:02 am in reply to: WWII aeroplane "behind factory wall " ? #978529

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WW2 Aeroplane behind a wall in a perfume warehouse?

That story does not smell right to me..

February 25, 2013 at 10:16 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #983533

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Maybe we will have to await the South Evertt Beacon report of what was said

Do the Yanks know what a “bollocking” is

http://south-everett.villagesoup.com/p/mystery-of-buried-wwii-plane-revealed/965674

PS that word got through the forum filters!

February 21, 2013 at 1:50 pm in reply to: Bristol F.2b F4587 #988362

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24 Sqn ORB

Hendon 19th Jan 1937 Bristol Fighter F4587, Falcon III engine 2141/52095 was received from the RAE Farnborough for storage purposes, being for use of the RAF Display Comittee

February 21, 2013 at 7:12 am in reply to: Digging an aircraft related deep hole in estuary conditions #988630

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Apologies for spelling estuary wrongly – not a good start

I have heard of “estuary English” before but not “estuary grammar “

February 18, 2013 at 1:53 pm in reply to: Sqd Ldr C B W Downes #992548

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Service number 178290 Colin Bernard Walker DOWNES

I have him as F/O from 30 Nov 1944 in Air Forces list Jan 1945

Commissioned 30th May 1944

1600399 Colin Bernard Walker DOWNES (178290).
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