Interesting pictures David. With the star on the cowling of WE591, it had a ‘General’ as a passenger, so I assume that the pictures were prior to Cessna L19A/14754 being on the books of 1913 Flight RAF, as it was normally used for ferrying top brass (added comfort!!!) . Regarding the caption of the picture of the L19A, I was unaware of its role with the Canadian ‘military’ and presume that this was prior to the RAF getting their hands on it! Attached are a couple of pictures of 14754, one in its parking bay on A10 airstrip and one which was carrying the outgoing GOC 1st Commonwealth Division, on a farewell tour, at A16 airstrip. The pilot shown half in/out the a/c is the late Sgt ‘Red’ Meaton, (Glider Pilot Regiment) who was its regular pilot during my time on the flight.
Re my post 14th August 2018. Please note that the small picture has incorrect title, it is WE591, not WF591 – only just noticed the error and have corrected my archive!
I doubt it Anthony, these pictures are from my personal archive and haven’t been published. However, copies of my pictures have been passed on to the Museum of Army Flying at Middle Wallop, the home of the Army Air Corps UK, for their use in displays.
This is WE591 Anthony, I’ve managed to upload the picture. Note the unusual colour scheme, the underside was light blue, up to the ‘water line’.[ATTACH=CONFIG]262130[/ATTACH]
Hi Anthony, yes, I serviced the engine of WE591, which was an Auster T7. It had side by side seating and capacity for dual sticks and pedals. It too was on the books of 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF at A10 airstrip in Korea, c1954. I had hoped to include a picture of the plane, but for some reason it will not load!
Sorry, no, Anthony. I do remember operating one of the radio sets in the Auster, using a throat microphone and the aerial was a long wire, with a weight on the end, down thru’ a tube in the floor, which was wound down for use and rewound before landing. From memory (somewhat faded now!) the radio operated AM and I think that the PTR61 was FM, but I could be wrong!!!
I have only just picked up on this thread, so apologies for this information being so late.
In 1954/55 I did engine services on VF582 (and other Austers & a Cessna L19A) as part of my RAF duties for 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF on airstrips A10 & A16. We were a unit of the 1st Commonwealth Division, part of the UN forces in Korea. The attached picture is of VF582 at the A10 airstrip, c1954.[ATTACH=CONFIG]261919[/ATTACH]