Simmonds Spartan, but on second thoughts its not as they were tandem seating.

HP111 If I remember correctly the number of rotations was an intentional part of the demonstration, the aircraft was held in the spin until recovery action was initiated at a certain height, it didn’t take that many to recover. When recovery action was taken the ground appeared much closer and the altimeter setting error was realised . The pull up looks pretty close to the ridge to me.

Richard

From the Tempsford site http://www.tempsford.20m.com/home.html
‘In all, 1,488 agents had been dropped by parachute into enemy occupied Europe and a further 485 had actually been landed, with 575 VIPs, agents and shot-down RAF aircrew being brought out on the return trips. While they were at it, Tempsford aircrew also “liberated” numerous cases of cognac, champagne and premier cru wines. On one occasion in 1943, a dismantled German V2 Rocket, stolen intact by the Polish resistance was flown to Tempsford. 126 aircraft had been lost from Tempsford during the war, either on missions or on local accidents, with many of their crews killed’

What if any other a/c types, other than Lysander and Hudson actually landed to collect/drop off passengers on foreign soil. Aircraft such as Whitley, C-47, Anson, Swordfish, Albacore all would seem suitable depending on what range range and load load was to be carried.

Richard

Cream and Green reminds me of the Don McVicar Mosquito racer CF-FZG that was a light yellow colour called Diana Cream with a trim strip of Stinson Green.
The cover of his book is a painting of it in those colours http://www.donmcvicar.com/revmosqu.htm
I wonder if one inspired the other!
Richard

Its probably just me being old school but in my view this memorial is a rather odd combination of text, shape, ambiguous images and choice of material. The memorial at Martlesham Heath seems much more informative and imposing http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=409F4C47-5056-A318-A8D3E997B6FC8792

Richard

Bit of thread drift here but the Short Shetland DX166 burned out at its moorings when the Rotol AGP caught fire when the cooling air intake duct was inadvertently left closed following start up, the watchman wanted power to cook his breakfast.
The Rotol unit was a sleeve valve 2,4 or six cylinder flat power unit designed by Mr Pobjoy, Flight had this about it in 1943 https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1943/1943%20-%202633.PDF
And more detail here http://www.philipdingle.consulting/page6/files/Contemporary_HO_Engines.pdf

Richard

Lee on Solent