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January 18, 2008 at 7:26 pm in reply to: Caterpillar Club Badge #1300554

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According to Simon W Parry’s book “Intruders over Britain” Operation Gisela took place on the night of 3-4 march 142 Ju88Gs started to come over britain, first wave took off at 23.00. The station commander at Oulton airfield had a suspect aircraft over his station. Hostiles began to be reported at headquarters of No100 Group. The order ‘Scram’ was given this was to divert to an alternative airfield. But the Mosquito was shot down en route to his diversion airfield. Coming down at Buxton, Norfolk. 34 RAF bombers where attacked of which 24 crashed.

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January 18, 2008 at 2:14 pm in reply to: Caterpillar Club Badge #1300973

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Many thanks to all of you. I will let you know how i get on. Yes it has got Red eyes. I also have a friend Jack Bromfield who still has a small display at Bletchley Park. He always wears his red eyed caterpillar, He was shot down on the 5-6 jan 1945 over Hanover. he jumped from a 158sqdn Halifax NP-Q
MZ432. He was taken on a guided tour of the factory

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January 14, 2008 at 7:07 am in reply to: An Unusual Restoration Project on E(vil)bay #1306265

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I just remembered that i did pick some of the Dragon wings and a fuel tank up from Southend Museum. I went there with my ex wife and baby son after the auction in 1983. Mike Russell had wanted the Dragon G-ACIT, but was out bid. So he wanted to build one! We then got more wings and fin’ rudder and tailplane from EMK’s. One of the wings had G-ACIT on. Some of the wings where built in Austraila as was the fin, these had DH84A stamped on the plates. The fin was bule and white striped under the sliver dope. I also have a wing rib of a DH84A hanging on my workshop wall.

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January 13, 2008 at 9:15 pm in reply to: An Unusual Restoration Project on E(vil)bay #1306581

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The wing from G-ADDI was advertised for sale in the early 1980’s by the Cliveden Collection . From memory there were some more Dragon parts with it which I think headed towards Ron Souch to form a project.

My father and myself picked up a few Dragon wings at least two wings with G-ADDI on from Watton at Stone (EMK) many years ago for Mike Russell of Russavia. We stored them at my father’s at Eaton Bray. This was for the Dragon project G-ACET. This was then sold on to Mike and Ron Souch. Mike picked them up, with other dragon parts. The Souch’s had a new Dragon fuselage built in Austraila. Then shipped to there workshop. But i haven’t heard anything of it in the last 10 years. I have the wing fabric with G-ADDI on it.
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January 11, 2008 at 5:40 pm in reply to: What's Your Most Ridiculous Aviation Fantasy? #1309042

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Always fancied flying in the front gunners position in a Heinkel He111. I have been up front of a Casa 2-111 at North Weald. But always wanted to fly in one, ever since i saw my first one in Spain in 1960.

January 11, 2008 at 5:07 pm in reply to: Rutland Reindeer Photo Sought #1309086

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I thought it was made up from a Handley Page Halton. There was mention of the Raindeer in some old Control Column magazine’s 1n the 1970’s. Unfortunately i dont have them anymore.

January 10, 2008 at 5:31 pm in reply to: Wanted! German WW2 sea mine #1310239

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I think there is one near the harbour at Weymouth out side of a pub! The other side of the bridge from the town.

Best wishes

Dave

January 10, 2008 at 5:11 pm in reply to: Lockheed P38 Lightning crash at Milton Keynes #1310248

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If anybody is interested i have found a colour photograph of this Lockheed F5 Lightning 43-29009 in Roger A Freeman’s book The Mighty Eighth warpaint & heraldry on page 131.

Dave

January 9, 2008 at 1:11 pm in reply to: Which Aircraft Would You Like to Own if You Had an Infinite Budget? #1312050

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Messerschmitt 323, then i wouldn’t have to tow a glider trailer to a vintage glider event.

Dave

January 6, 2008 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Lockheed P38 Lightning crash at Milton Keynes #1315874

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Thanks T21. The crash site was near the Abby National building. Which was part of Loughton near Blecthley. I have never been in the office so cant confirm if anything in there. The engine we had came from Duxford, one prop blade is still with the essex group there. As far as i know the other engine was damaged by fire. This and the undercarrage parts went to Old Stratford, just norh of Milton Keynes. Although we had the engine in our BARG museum at Blecthley Park, we never got around to finding out the details of it. But we did think it came from Mount Farm.

Many Thanks

Dave

January 6, 2008 at 11:57 am in reply to: Airshow-related Accidents #1315929

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I remember a tiger moth ending up on its nose braking its prop at an airdisplay at RAF Henlow in the mid 60,s. A child ran under the ropes across in front of the tiger forcing the pilot to put the aircraft on its nose. There was a crash at a airshow at Dunstable Downs. When Slingsby Motor Tutor G-AKJD stalled and crashed into the hill on the 21.6.64. The pilot was injured and lifted out of the weckage.
Dave

January 1, 2008 at 9:13 pm in reply to: RAF Jet Provost Aerobatic Teams #1321196

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We use to have the cockpit section of XS181:96 at Bletchley Park of the Cranwell Poacher’s. There is a photo of it in an old Airfix Magazine dated september 1969.
Dave

December 31, 2007 at 6:55 pm in reply to: Photo I.D. Jap officers, flying boat, 1920s? #1322591

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It could be a Vickers Viking 111(N147). That did service trials on HMS Argus in 1922 . But there was a Supermarine Seagull 1 and Surpermarine Channel 11 at Tokyo naval base in the 20’s. I also have photos of these flying boats taken in Japan.

Happy New Year
Dave

December 31, 2007 at 9:34 am in reply to: Beechwood Park, Markyate in Hertfordshire #1323242

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Was there a MU in the grounds of Woburn, where some Stirlings were broken up?

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Woburn Park was satellite landing ground no 34. According to my farther the Stirling where under the trees. Every time i have been to a DH Moth rally, i go looking for bits of Stirling. Its getting harder to find bits with out a metal detector, but still found a few bits last time. A few years ago my son found a piece of metal with a Short Brothers stamp on it. When we had our museum at Bletchley park i spoke to a pilot who flew a Stirling into Woburn Park. He also said some one had landed a Stirling and ran into the lake, leaving the nose of the aircraft under water.
Dave

December 30, 2007 at 3:24 pm in reply to: Early Hurricane I in German Hands #1324043

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I found this photo of an early Hurricane in my collection, taken in 1940
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