Blimey – well spotted, that man! I’ve been wracking my brain for days trying to remember the airfield I knew where the runways met in the middle. Given how many times I’ve wandered round Hampstead Norris…:o

There has been a huge amount of change in the landscape around it as well as the airfield itself, but I think you are spot on. Look at the edge of the wood, and remember how much new land was brought into cultivation in the 1960s and 1970s.

An aerial photo at ploughing time would be very interesting, as the chalk rubble where the concrete was removed shows bright white through the thin soil.

Adrian

Thank you Colin, I have often wondered about that Mossie – in fact I’m sure I’ve asked here before, without result.

Still prefer “A Touch of Brimstone” though…

Adrian

Pete, that last comment might be considered as being in very poor taste – but I laughed anyway 😀 😀

Paul F

The whole reason I laughed was because it was in poor taste…

Adrian

Does anyone know of any Attackers in existence other than the Yeovilton aircraft? Pakistan?

AFAIK the Attackers in Pakistan share a hangar with the Chinese Stirling and the Spitfires buried in Burma!

Constant rumours, but no substance (yet…). Given the “extinct” Italian type (Romeo Ro39?) that turned up in Kabul anything is possible, but I wouldn’t bet your mortgage on it.

Adrian

At the risk of being banged up in a prison for months all I can say is.. MJ755

*reaches for long rubber gloves*

Adrian

Lacking books to hand to check things like spelling, I believe that American volunteer in the RAF “Shorty” Keogh (or Keown?) was 4′ 10″ tall. A search might turn him up, as I’m sure we’ve discussed him before. Pre-war he’d done parachute stunts for paying audiences. IIRC killed when his plane flew into the channel.

Probably very handy under high-G!

Adrian

Presumably they landed first! 🙂

Now THAT would have been worth seeing – quite a mental picture!

Adrian