The same source has Tudor G-AGRI broken up in October 1954.
My copy of British Civil Aircraft Registers has it damaged beyond repair on 3.1.57
Sorry, Mike, it must have been someone else – I blush to say that I haven’t heard of those books before!
I’ll be there again this year, last year was my first visit to both the USA and Oshkosh – it incredible to see 11,000 aircraft all in one place! I took 550 photos and could easily have taken twice as many!
The last two Tuskegee photos were taken way down at the end of the runway where there were no people at all, and seconds before torrential rain, on the 4th day that I was there, when the warbirds didn’t take off but turned round and scuttled back. I sheltered under a handily positioned DC-3.
My guess is a Hawker Horsley
Last batch from Oshkosh 2003
There were cones there too!
All right, how about a caption for this one then?
More Mustangs from Oshkosh 2003
Keep searching for those Jane’s AWA, SwissMustang!
Surely there’s someone out there who likes Mustangs!
Sorry to read that you consider it charity, this is a gesture I would like to make to commemorate both my father and all of you who fought to maintain a free world.
I too did my bit in the RAF, even though there was no conflict during my time, but I hope I would have shown as much courage as all of you if it had become necessary.
Done
My father served in the RAF for the whole war and in his memory I would like to donate a cheque for 80 pounds to enable 10 veterans to get in. Where can I send the cheque to? Please someone send me a PM if appropriate. Hopefully someone could organise it to enable 10 warriors (e.g. with the 1939-45 Star medal) to get in?
I cannot trade with you but would gladly send a Swiss Franc cheque to cover the postage plus a little extra!
If you would be willing to send it to me, please see my PM for my address and let me know how many Swiss Francs you would need!
I’m 60 years old and have run from one end of CDG to the other in 20 minutes so you should be OK (unless you get lost, misled by the confusing signs!).
Of course I did later have a heart attack, but that was nothing to do with it!
Rex Pierson’s design for Spec. B.5/41, calling for a 4-engine high altitude bomber with pressure cabin. This Vickers Type 433 was based on the Warwick and 2 prototypes were ordered, but the Spec. was changed to B.3/42 which eliminated the pressure cabin, so the revised design became the Type 447. The 1st prototype, DW506, made its maiden flight at Farnborough on 23 October 1943 piloted by “Mutt” Summers. The 2nd prototype was DW512 and first flew from Wisley on 15 February 1944. A 3rd aircraft, the Type 461 serial NK136 flew on 11 July 1944. The programme was cancelled before any more could fly, at the end of WWII.
RR Merlins, span 117 ft 2 in., length 76 ft 10 in., height 23 ft.
Max. speed 317 mph at 23 000 ft, ceiling 27 250 ft, range 2 890 miles with 8 000 lb bomb load.
4 x 20 mm cannon in pairs in remotely-controlled barbettes in the rear of the outboard engine nacelles.
No production.
and finally . . .
Another view from the Putnam book