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  • January 9, 2012 at 8:20 pm in reply to: Curtiss P-40 Codes TL-C #1030081
    TomDocherty72
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    P-40N

    Thanks Duxman, just what I was hoping for.

    October 4, 2011 at 7:11 pm in reply to: RAF Fuhlsbuttel (Hamburg Airport) #1058092
    TomDocherty72
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    Fuhlsbuttel

    Hi AirportEd,

    Thanks for the tip, I will follow it up.:)

    October 4, 2011 at 3:25 pm in reply to: Skyways Avro Lancastrian #1058375
    TomDocherty72
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    Sky Path

    Wow! 25 minutes to get the response I needed. Thanks very much. You can always rely on the forumites here to find what you need!:D

    September 25, 2011 at 2:57 pm in reply to: RAF Stradishall 1946-49 #1070976
    TomDocherty72
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    Further to my request for contact with ex-Stradishall personnel, can anyone help with photos of the Lancasters used by 35, 149 and 207 Sqns whilst based there? I am working on an article about the postwar period.

    May 4, 2011 at 9:56 pm in reply to: 1950's Archive Part 22:Wethersfield 1959 #1058558
    TomDocherty72
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    Wow!

    Absolutely brilliant collection of images from the period. I have loved browsing every one of the archive photos posted so far. Think I was born 10 years too late!

    February 11, 2011 at 11:56 am in reply to: Can't find the thread! #1123256
    TomDocherty72
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    Thanks JT442 but that is not it. Two minutes after posting and trying my 100th search I found it at Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums > Historic Aviation >
    Photos of RAF Kinloss old 45 MU site visit – Doh!!!!

    February 10, 2011 at 6:39 pm in reply to: F-84F Thunderstreak #1124044
    TomDocherty72
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    Hi Graham, thanks for confirming that.

    Tom

    February 10, 2011 at 6:36 pm in reply to: F-84F Thunderstreak #1124055
    TomDocherty72
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    Hi Paul, thanks for the F-84 pilot details, I already had the 72 Sqn info.

    Cheers

    Tom

    February 9, 2011 at 1:27 pm in reply to: F-84F Thunderstreak #1126169
    TomDocherty72
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    Meteor/F84 collison – F-84 colour photo

    As mentioned by Doug, here is the photo of 52-7105 taken from my book. Photo courtesy of Harry Eckes.
    http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/warthog955/52-7105.jpg
    Regards.

    Graham

    Hi Graham,

    What a great photo. Can you confirm which squadron and base it was with from your research as I seem to be getting a lot of conflicting possibilities in this thread at the moment? Which FBW/Sqn/Base?

    February 8, 2011 at 6:52 pm in reply to: F-84F Thunderstreak #1127105
    TomDocherty72
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    Sorry Andy, should have paid more attention to the posts. You quote 20th FBW , as does Thunderbird, whilst Lindoug gives 81st TFW – perfectly possible as it only had wing damage and after repair may have been re-assigned? Can you confirm it was on the 20th FBW strength at time of collision and where based?

    February 8, 2011 at 6:49 pm in reply to: F-84F Thunderstreak #1127108
    TomDocherty72
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    Hi Andy,

    Yes – you got me. I thought I was doing a great job of remaining incognito. left PWK Finnigley and after a longish career as ALM about to retire in 6 months.

    February 8, 2011 at 6:47 pm in reply to: F-84F Thunderstreak #1127115
    TomDocherty72
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    Hi All,

    Many thanks for pinning it down so quickly. I was hoping to find out which unit it was with and now I do! It landed at Woodbridge following the collision and according to my source the pilot checked straight into sick bay with shock! Can anyone confirm that the 91st TFS was based at Woodbridge?

    October 30, 2010 at 9:02 pm in reply to: Which Coastal Command unit had Bristol Brigands? #1091991
    TomDocherty72
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    Maybe this is an answer:
    “…the first production batch of thirteen Bristol Type 164 Brigands, RH742 – RH754, equipped as TF.1 torpedo-fighters, which served at Development Units at Gosport and Thorney Island from May 1946, but never entered service with first-line Coastal Command Squadrons.”
    http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=117704044934965
    ATDU (Armoured Trials and Developement Unit)
    e.g. RH746 was at ATDU Gosport in ’46

    ATDU – surely Air Torpedo Development Unit?

    October 30, 2010 at 9:00 pm in reply to: Belfast Telegraph Fund Spitfires #1091996
    TomDocherty72
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    Enniskillen

    Extract from appendices of ‘Swift to Battle. Vol.1’

    Spitfire Mk IIa P7832:RN-P ENNISKILLEN

    Presented through the Belfast Telegraph Spitfire Shilling Fund, Mk.IIa P7832 was taken on charge at No.6 MU Brize Norton on 1 January 1941. On 12 January whilst ferrying from Brize Norton to Tangmere Fg Off W .C. Potter met deteriorating weather and had to make a forced landing at Farnborough, but overshot and hit an
    obstruction, causing Category C damage. The aircraft went on the 20th to No.1 Civilian Repair Unit at Cowley for repairs, and then was flown to No.12 MU Kirkbride on 7 April, to be allotted to No.72 (Basutoland) Sqn at Acklington on 23 April, flying convoy patrols. On 9 July, Nos.72 and 74 Sqns exchanged aircraft and bases, and No.74 (Trinidad) Sqn took over P7832 for convoy patrols.

    October 1, 2010 at 9:41 pm in reply to: Airfield architecture committees #1122695
    TomDocherty72
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    Lutjens

    Thanks, just what I was looking for. Grand mess by the way!

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