Offhand, I can’t think of many RAF aircraft that had entry via the nose. Wellington/Warwick?

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Steve P

Was there a Ju-52 in the UK at this time?

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Scrub this. I didn’t read the opening post. 😮

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Not likely. The Germans referred to aircraft (in German of course) as ‘boxes’ in the Great War and there are recorded references to ‘crates’ earlier in English. Given the ‘tea chest’ construction of many Great War era aircraft, that’s not surprising.

Feel free to search the Flight online PDFs for the first references to ‘crate’! 😉

See also, Bristol Boxkite.

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All things considered, it really must be the incident that you have linked, ie RF308 V of 37 sqn.

There is no evidence whatsoever that the above aircraft is RF308. Lancaster mishaps like the one above were hardly rare: it could well be that SW336 was repaired, and thus did not feature in any write off list. Unless another photo turns up showing the serial and the code letter, I’d be inclined to take the word of the chap who wrote the info on the back of the photo, after all, he was there at the time.

Walter,

Thanks for the info.

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why? :confused:

Heaven only knows. You would think that the museum would appreciate the free publicity.

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Hi Pete,

I think that you are referring to NE262, coded H, which was lost on 22 july, 1944. the aircraft crashed in the sea just short of Lossiemouth, after, as you say, losing a wing.

One civilian was killed in the following rescue attempt. The story of this particular event is well worthy of an article in one of the aviation magazines. Are there any journos out there who will bite?

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That’s a funny kind of logic. Churchill’s decision to prevent a Polish contingent marching behind a Polish flag (which they had, IMHO, every right to do) would have been corrected by a selection of Poles marching in the RAF contingent? Not Churchill’s finest hour, and the withdrawal of participation by some Poles left in as a sop is hardly surprising.

I’m not sure that you can blame Churchill for the victory parade fiasco James. He had been out of office for almost a year by the time it took place. He did, however, withdraw support for the Polish government-in-exile before leaving office. This was a bigger act of betrayal. in my eyes, than only allowing a token presence at the victory parade.

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