Albert, I agree a in depth history of the chipmunk is needed.although Bill Fisher does a good job with his book Chipmunk the first 50 years,he was assisted by Rw Brown andT Rothermel,in this book he list all chipmunks built with con nbrs and current status.
This info is also availiable in the Chipmunk club handbook.
My proposed book is expansion of my previous one wher i want to obtain photos and comments from people who have flown the chippy as a pilot or
passenger. The title will be Chipmunk Memories.

Okay, does doing aerobatics as a passenger with Birmingham UAS Chipmunk formation team count?

It’s a question!

Good replies folks.

For what it’s worth, I’ve personally never liked the ‘Fury MkIs’ approach, and try to avoid it when writing. It implies the existance of the Fury Mk.I type ‘s’. Keep the plural to the name, rather than the designation.

Cheers [Plural of cheer 😉 ]

Yep, I’ve also never liked the Fury Mk.1’s approach, especially when it comes in one wing low! :diablo:

Macfire,

Attached is a shot of NZ5804 obviously taken before its demise on 09/09/55 but I do not know where. I worked on all the other three RNZAF Hastings, first at Dishforth and then at Thorney Island, whilst with 242 OCU. They used to fly them over for servicing and I can recall spending hours polishing the bare metal skin.

Glyn

My guess is this was taken at Heathrow in 1953, as the ’22’ tail code is its London-New Zealand Air Race Code and you can see the KLM DC-6 coded ’21’ beside it. Here is a photo taken at the same time.

I think both the Chipmunk and the Auster in general (not just AOP.9s) are badly in need of more than just a pictorial publication on each. They need an in-depth history book with photos and production lists with cross-references. Does anyone out there have a production list of these two types? Bill Fisher is the expert on Chipmunks and produced a pictorial book several years ago. Ian O’Neil is supposed to be doing a book on the Auster…..one day!!

Good to see the Hastings recognised. Let me guess some of those locations:
TG604 – Colerne
TG513 – Abingdon
TG503 – Finningley
WJ333 & ‘325 – Changi
The last one has got me stumped!