Yes there where Seamew’s at Beechwood, My dad saw them too! There was a small control building which was converted to a house called “Flight Cottage”. My parents loooked at buying it in the early 1980’s before it was done up. It was near the school. I was told a Spitfire crashed near there at some time during the war. Beechwood Park was satellite landing ground No12. It is in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Airfields in the second world war by Graham Smith.
Dave

Janes 1919 lists three Spyker types. The V2 dual control school biplane. The V3 single seat fighter and the V4 a two seat scout. There are two photo’s of the Spyker school machine and one photo of the single seat fighter. Also basic three veiw drawings of the V2 and V4.

Dave

One of the best films was “Don’t look now we are being shoot at” Which came out at the time of the RAF’s 50th anniversary. I forget how many times the bomber changed before it was shot down. But it was a good laugh!

I remember the Mustang which was a Luton airport for some time in the late 1960’s. It was the first P51 i saw! The B25 must have been at Luton around the same time.

Nice work. Looks like it coming together nicely. Steve is that you near the cockpit in the 1916 photo, Just kidding!
Well done
Dave.

I remember in the late 1960’s early 70’s on a air cadet vist to Old Warden a friend of mine swinging the prop of the E E Wren. Which then started and ran for a few seconds. Luckly it stopped and for us nobody was around to tell us off.

Dave ex 460 sqdn ATC

Nice to see to things are happening to the Zero at last.

As an intrested Battle fan?. I dont think it was a good aircraft to go to war in. My uncle was with HQ Rheims takiing photo’s with 105sqdn and 226sqdn. He took the much used photo of Battle’s attacking a german horse drawn column in may 1940. Years ago i spoke to Bill Carey of 12sqdn (PH-F) who was shot down on the Masstricht bridge raid. Only to be taken across the bridge by the germans. He liked the Battle but never got to fly after 12 may 1940! I am collecting photos of Battles shot down in may 1940, most seem to have come down under control the right way up. Nice aeroplane flew like a big Dart Kitten and used till 1949.
Dave.