The Pilots Notes for the Battle warns against long, sustained dives in the Battle as this could cause the fuel supply to be interrupted. Unfortunately, this was exactly what the pilots had to do when attacking bridges in France in 1940.

Wouldn’t a PM to one of the Newark team have been more appropriate?

It looks Russian to me, designed by someone who would have known about the Yak UT-1. Where is Flankerman?

Steve P

If Stukas had attacked the Navy at Scapa Flow, surely someone from the British side would have mentioned it by now? File under codswallop.

I’m old and I’m not offended by it at all. I just don’t see why the merchant should get a free advertisement here.

Whitchurch as surveyed in 1939.

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.4156&lon=-2.5870&layers=10&b=1

A slider to the left of the map allows you to mix the map image with a satellite view.

Hi, gents,

No time to post comparison shots, but my initial comparison links the photos to SANNOX, on the NE coast of Arran.

The last shot looks very much like Glen Sannox. Just checked the 1927 OS map which confirms the scenery.

Cheers
Steve P

Finally, it might sound far fetched but can anyone think of an operation – maybe wartime maybe not, that involved something being released and trailed from an aircraft but that didn’t involve it being recovered back to the aircraft? Lysander SOE ops perhaps, or maritime anti sub missions etc?
Just clutching at straws really.

According to a Westland drawing (probably in the AP for the type), the Welkin 1 was fitted with a catch in the rear fuselage to attach a towed target. The late Fred Ballam confirmed this, but did not confirm that the equipment ever made it into production aircraft. If a catch was fitted, presumably there would have been a lever somewhere to operate it. Recovery of the target by the aircraft was not going to be an option as the Welkin did not have a winch.

Cheers
Steve P