N351BD
C-GVRA
…maybe here’s an answer…
‘On the 26th June 1941, Wellesbourne had its first fatal accident when Wellington R1586, unable to maintain height due to an engine problem…’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/54/a4376054.shtml
Martin
Classic WWII Aviation Vol 4 P-47 Thunderbolt. Edward Shacklady.
Thanks! 🙂
P35A. Air Corp’s Technical School at 10th Air Base Chanute Field. 14th November 1942.
Wow! That’s fast! What is your source?
Commemoration ceremony ‘Last Flight to Berlin” 27. August 2008 at 11.00
But they doesn’t mention a DC-3 meeting…
http://www.luftbrueckenmuseum.de/downloads/rundbriefelb20071.pdf
and
23.08.2008 12:30 Berlin / Flughafen Tempelhof Flight with a DC-3 ‘Rosinenbomber’
http://www.buehnen.net/er/rosinenbomber-zeitreise/berlin
… at last 113.79 £ 😮
… or the book “Dakota” published in 1985 in the Netherlands. This last mentioned book has several pictures of AGBB showing the damage of the German attack on 15Nov42.
Guess it’s this:
DAKOTA, DC-3/C-47 ONDER NEDERLANDSE VLAG
136 pg
Theo Wesselink a.o. hardback
Complete history of all Daks that ever flew under Dutch registration, both civil and military
1985 De Alk, Alkmaar NL
ISBN 90 6013 940 2
DFL 39,90
It was G-AGBB at this time.
Can’t find a photo of it 🙁
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19430601-0
… what is it please?
😉
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2
c/n 5226
“Christopher Marlowe”
G-ALZO
British European Airways Corporation, del 25.11.52
108
Royal Jordanian Air Force, bt 20.5.60
G-ALZO
Handley Page Ltd., bt 1.2.63
Dan-Air Services, bt 26.2.63
WFU & stored , Lasham, Hampshire, 9.71
Preserved Lasham
Duxford Aviation Society, 25.10.93 (by road)
Preserved Duxford
‘Did he make it through the war?’
… no real answer…
http://aufhimmelzuhause.com/id108.htm
I guess you know that already
http://www.westwoodworks.net/HowItWas/TheCompanyAeroplane/index.htm
‘Rückblickfernrohr’
It was a device for fighter planes with a reticle to control external weapons from inside the cockpit.
http://www.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vernalek/Hist_Fotos.html
…in Dutch but…
‘De fabrikanten hadden een Class B categorie gekregen voor hun toestel en hadden het in een hoogglans verflaag gestoken (blauw en zilver). Deze hogesnelheid Spitfire (Type 323) was uitgerust met een nieuw cockpitdak en een windscherm met verminderde weerstand, een staartski in plaats van een staartwiel en een afgeronde vleugeltip die de spanwijdte op 10,26 m bracht.’
http://www.luchtoorlog.be/spit_i.htm
…not an expert, but…
110 type number – Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM)
Bf110 manufacturer – Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG (official term)
Me110 constructer – Willy Messerschmitt
21cm morters Wgr.21
http://www.nexusboard.net/printthread.php?siteid=6365&threadid=296722&showpage=1&nx=5d9ea447033db0c98ad3745d547c6e16
Photo: Me110 with Wgr.21