wonderful thanks, there are some photos that she has that might interest him
looking at his log book his flying training seemed to take a long time, from jan 41 until nov 42 was this normal at this stage of the War
thanks ericmunk I found that, presumably he was part of Bader’s Tangmere wing, I’ll try the website as well
thanks Moggy C I think it’s worth perusing,
big and expensive but I would love to make this, their kits are well researched
sorry to hear about it Moggy, hope you’re up and running quickly and the plane can be rebuilt
Just a quick glace reveals Caravelle, Trident, Superconnie, DC 8, Comet 4, possibly Argosy. A closer look might reveal more……
in pic 3 there’s an Argosy out side BEA, is that the Connie that can’t be found
Hope the exhaust stains come off, be sad to spoil a pristine paint job 🙂
doesn’t that Cessna 170 look smart, takes me back to when American Aircraft were imported via Ireland, mainly Pipers but still nostalgic
thanks Mike I knew that was right, so many P51’s are polished all over, I think it’s to do with the American love of chrome, and they do like to change History
in 045 are they leaving Germany for Denmark,
that can’t be Arnhem bridge can it
doesn’t look that happy on the trailer, hope it gets to London OK
sadly so true,
Freeman Field Recovery Team are dedicated to excavating Freeman Field to recover all the WW2 German, Japanese, Italian and others Aircraft that were buried in 46/47 check out their Facebook page for great photos
nice to see a Lycoming Chippie I’d forgotten about them
love the Luscombe there was a Kiel Kraft kit in the 40s/50s
the OP photo looks like an official photo using a professional camera, beautifully exposed and for the time a great lens