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March 31, 2025 at 1:22 pm in reply to: Vickers Viking. Oil Painting. #1133394

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The BKS charter to Kano in Northern Nigeria actually happened. The person who runs the site sent me a copy of a letter concerning the charter on BKS headed paper. I was interested as my father was in charge of communications at Kano Airport at the time and I was also there but too young to appreciate a BKS Viking coming in 😀
What I would say about the painting is that there are no Giraffes in Northern Nigeria. Packs of Wild Dogs would be nearer the mark.

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Keith
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February 5, 2019 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Catalina Write Offs /Crashes In Scotland #820786

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Scotavia – very useful indeed. Many Thanks again
OG

February 2, 2019 at 4:56 pm in reply to: Catalina Write Offs /Crashes In Scotland #821479

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Many Thanks Scotavia – that looks very promising. I am contacting Brize to try and establish the location.
Mothminor – that also looks like a strong possibility. The link Scotavia has sent states the Sound of Mull but it is v close by

February 2, 2019 at 6:54 am in reply to: Catalina Write Offs /Crashes In Scotland #821609

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Many thanks for the responses – it was in connection with the loss of Cessna 150 G-AVTN in the Sound of Mull in Dec 1975. A diver thought he had found the Cessna but it is reported as being a Catalina instead although there is a big difference in size apart from anything else so I wondered if I could trace the Catalina details to see exactly where it had gone down.

November 11, 2018 at 9:35 am in reply to: THY flight Antalya to Johannesburg #471307

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V good point – I will ask if they stopped for refuelling.

September 30, 2018 at 8:39 pm in reply to: Air Ministry terminology of the early 1940s #773723

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Many thanks for the helpful responses – I still haven’t got to the bottom of TPE2 (although Public Entry sounds on the right track) but will post on another forum and see what I get.

August 7, 2018 at 10:02 pm in reply to: 13 Group & 14 Group Scotland 1939-45 #790616

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Scotavia – that was most helpful thank you. I don’t have the exact dates of the transfer of the Dyce and Wick Sectors to 14 Group so I have contacted Hendon. It makes since as I didn’t think it was possible for two Groups to control the same airspace.
OG

May 28, 2018 at 3:40 am in reply to: RAF Squadron Records at the National Archive #793326

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Many thanks to all for the additional information and the wish of good luck as it sounds like I will need it. I visited the home of the daughter of a reasonably well known lady flyer not long back who shall remain nameless, to have a look at her log books for which her Wartime ATA service had page after page of blank gaps for the serials of all the aircraft she had flown. Very frustrating. In the correspondence was a letter from her C/O reprimanding her for not keeping the logbook properly.
OG

May 25, 2018 at 8:36 am in reply to: RAF Squadron Records at the National Archive #795234

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Thanks Zidante and Andrew but it’s the M4 and a long extension of a journey I make every day, but don’t mind me I just like cribbing! But I would like to ask more advice on the ORBs. I thought I would download one and pay for it to cut down my time there and do some work beforehand. So I downloaded the F540 for 600 Squadron for Feb-April 1941. I was after the serial of the Blenheim flown by P/O Denby that shot down a He 111. There is mention of it but no serial. It also mentions the crash of the Beaufighter that crashed on approach to Prestwick on 13 March 1941. It gives the details of the two crew but no mention of the Serial but I have got this elsewhere – so my question is where would I get more detail on serials etc and I am surprised this type of info is not in the F540?

May 25, 2018 at 8:25 am in reply to: Aircraft collision 15th November 1957 #795243

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Johnnie – Airwork were a big outfit at the time and had many civilian and military contracts as well as being an airline in its own right which later merged with Hunting Clan (among others) to form BUA. See the book “Airwork: A History” for a breakdown of its activities.

May 23, 2018 at 8:50 am in reply to: RAF Squadron Records at the National Archive #796426

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Many thanks for all these useful tips. I have 37 Squadrons to go through (It was 38 but I found the records for 263 Squadron online) which was a good start. I like looking at the records in the NA, but what does my head in is the journey in by car from west of London. I will check online first though to see if there is anything that I can download, even if there is a small charge, it will be worth it.
Thanks Again
OG

March 19, 2018 at 6:49 am in reply to: vickers Victoria 7925 #822543

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Thank you for the info Paul.

Scotavia & Malcolm – you wouldn’t mistake it for the shape of an F-16 anyway!

March 18, 2018 at 6:45 pm in reply to: vickers Victoria 7925 #822686

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Hi Paul, this is the one – not much in the background unfortunately
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAF-Victoria-Aircraft-No-7925-Crash-RAF-Turnhouse-Hawker-Hart-Photo-History/372249995609?hash=item56abd42959:g:qnkAAOSwMURaq9ri

July 21, 2017 at 2:45 pm in reply to: DC-2/DC-3 Engine exhaust question #790822

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Hi TonyT – PM sent

July 5, 2017 at 10:17 pm in reply to: DC-2/DC-3 Engine exhaust question #801808

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That certainly does help Tony – thank you
Keith
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