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  • May 19, 2008 at 6:57 pm in reply to: Irish aviators,the Lecky family. #1179941
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    Have been through the list of ATA flyers in Brief Glory, which, having been written with the aid of official records in 1945/46 is usually accurate. Only a handful of Irish nationals served with ATA, only one being a woman. She was Third Officer (Miss) Annette Elizabeth Mahon and she survived the war. The plot thickens, but I know there are much more knowledgeable ATA researchers out there!

    May 19, 2008 at 11:22 am in reply to: Irish aviators,the Lecky family. #1180576
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    Aeromilitaria doesn’t list any ATA losses on 14.6.42, not that that it is conclusive.

    May 19, 2008 at 9:37 am in reply to: Irish aviators,the Lecky family. #1180692
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    A Lecky is not listed in Brief Glory. Perhaps she joined ATA under a later married name?

    May 2, 2008 at 12:59 pm in reply to: British Airways Tristar callsign in 1980? #1194149
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    Normally Speedbird, but if they were ever used on the Shuttles it would have been Shuttle. No idea about flight numbers but there will be spotters out there who will them!

    April 21, 2008 at 9:47 am in reply to: Boxted Memorial #1205374
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    Are those original runway lights or modern look-alikes?

    April 7, 2008 at 5:47 pm in reply to: Landfall Filming Locations ?? #1220765
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    Sounds very like Llanbedr, which has sand dunes on two sides. The OS map shows a dispersal actually inset into the dunes. There are also two Bellmans.

    April 6, 2008 at 7:49 pm in reply to: Markings for 7 OTU at Hawarden, 1940? #1221736
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    In case there is any doubt, those photos were definitely taken at Hawarden. The background buildings still exist.

    March 17, 2008 at 9:28 pm in reply to: Sleap Airshow Query #1240798
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    I was there but I don’t remember that! Maybe I had left early to avoid the crowds.

    March 17, 2008 at 7:34 pm in reply to: Sleap Airshow Query #1240905
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    It was 2002. I understand that it was the last one because the cost of insurance made it uneconomical to hold any more.

    March 17, 2008 at 7:19 pm in reply to: Workers Weekend – Wellington Bomber Build #1240908
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    I have the film on video but not able to view it at present so can’t confirm the serial. It was in the LN series and, despite what the soundtrack says, it went to an OTU and was never used operationally. I think it was built in just under 24 hours. The location was the Vickers shadow factory at Broughton, on the east side of RAF Hawarden.

    March 14, 2008 at 5:49 pm in reply to: Caernarfon Anson #1242764
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    I believe the undercarriage came from N9855 which crashed on Pen yr Oeu Wen on 8/11/43. It was from No 3 (O)AFU at Halfpenny Green. Not sure about other the bits.

    March 3, 2008 at 10:39 pm in reply to: Bellanca Crusair id and subsequent history #1249402
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    Yes, definitely EI-AKR. Should have read your original post more carefully Jon, before mentioning the US-reg Cruisair!

    March 3, 2008 at 6:56 pm in reply to: Bellanca Crusair id and subsequent history #1249642
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    Could it have been Cruisair N9962F which was hangared at Speke in the late 1950s. Not sure if it ever flew though. EI-AKR was certainly there during the summer of 1960, at least.

    February 6, 2008 at 4:56 pm in reply to: P-47C wreck #1277042
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    I have the accident report for this one. 2/Lt Benjamin A Brew crashed in the sea while attempting a roll at approx 700 ft in front of the bows of a ship. The aircraft was seen to disintegrate and sink. His body was not recovered and he is recorded on the Wall of the Missing at Cambridge. No mention on report of wreckage being raised and a P&W R-2800 was pulled up in nets a few years ago and was almost certainly from the P-47.

    January 23, 2008 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Mersey Mystery Propellor #1294908
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    I think Anon is probably right in his hypothesis! But it would be good to identify the type from which it might have originated.

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