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  • March 19, 2014 at 9:06 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #946273
    Smudge218
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    Andy,

    Thank you for looking, much appreciated.

    Regards

    Steve

    March 19, 2014 at 8:34 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #946279
    Smudge218
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    Hi Andy,

    Thank you for looking, how very strange. From the report I have the Stirling crashed just inside the boundary of the airfield. Plus it was skippered by a wing commander! Given this I was hoping some fighter jock would have had his camera out and snapped a pic or two. I assume no luck Andy on this front either?

    Cheers

    Steve

    March 19, 2014 at 8:10 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #946289
    Smudge218
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    Have you checked the Tangmere ORB? If not, I will dig it out in a moment.

    Hi Andy,

    Any luck with this?

    Regards

    March 17, 2014 at 10:00 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #947571
    Smudge218
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    Hi Andy,

    No I contacted the Tangmere Museum, sadly without any success. I presumed they checked?

    Any bit of info welcome. I would have thought a bloody big Stirling dropping in ( literally ) would have made a mention, even to the fighter boys !

    Regards

    Steve

    March 17, 2014 at 8:11 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #947625
    Smudge218
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    Tease !

    I am visiting a relative of the pilot this month and have a chance to copy his log books, all 5 of them! He ended up a group captain retiring in the late 50’s.

    Thanks again Andy.

    Cheers

    Steve

    March 17, 2014 at 5:25 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #947833
    Smudge218
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    Hi Andy,

    A gentle prod !

    Cheers

    Steve

    March 16, 2014 at 10:00 pm in reply to: Aviation Art – Which are your favourites? #948396
    Smudge218
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    This hangs in my study. I commissioned the painting in early 2004 by a good friend sadly gone, Keith Aspinall.

    Titled “Encounter over Witten” No.31 Base Lancaster’s lead by No.218 (Gold Coast) Squadron attack in daylight Witten, December 12th 1944.

    March 13, 2014 at 7:36 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #951271
    Smudge218
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    Hi Andy,

    Thank you, in touch with the pilots son.

    Smudge – out

    March 13, 2014 at 5:47 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #951399
    Smudge218
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    Steve

    No, I haven’t forgotten.

    I’m afraid it will involve going through a huge box of un-indexed or filed images, and apart from the fact that I need t retrieve that from the back of the loft I wont have time to look through them, anyway, until after this coming Monday.

    Keep reminding me, though.

    Dear Andy,

    Just a gentle nudge.

    Kind regards as always.

    Steve

    March 8, 2014 at 8:52 am in reply to: Grahame-White factory closes from 3 March #956177
    Smudge218
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    I was at the museum yesterday ( well the research department) after a few hours and £60 poorer I had a quick look around the museum. I had not been since 2002, apart from the still dreadful lighting and the gloom the one thing that was immediately apparent was that I could count the visitors walking around the main hall on one hand!! There was more people working in the shop !!

    I came away thinking will the museum be here in another 5 or 10 years, I hope so but given the amount of development around the museum I really doubt it………..very sad.

    Rant over back to my Form 78’s. !

    Steve

    March 6, 2014 at 7:01 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #957491
    Smudge218
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    Hi Andy,

    Thank you. I hope you will not mind a gentle nudge in a few weeks.

    I have tried the Tangmere museum without luck sadly, it appears what I had in the way of info they didn’t !

    Cheerio

    Steve

    March 6, 2014 at 7:17 am in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #958479
    Smudge218
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    Hi Andy,

    Did you have any luck with details on this Stirling “Prang” !! at Tangemere mate.

    Cheers

    Steve

    March 4, 2014 at 8:14 pm in reply to: Stirling Bomber Prang Tangmere Nov 1942… #959499
    Smudge218
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    Hi Andy,

    If you could share would be great especially for this incident.

    Pardon my parng !

    Steve

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