Spot on. Enter the fray.

John

Starting with a Fairey IIIF Mk.III. S1356 This a/c was the last of a batch of 54. It had been used on HMS Glorious. in 1936 It was at Lee on Solent and in 1937 at 1 ASU Waddington. I guess the pic is at Wittering.

HP42E as mentioned earlier.

Vickers Vincent K4110 with 84 Sqn in 1934 eventually went to New Zealand as NZ317. Shaibah?

Just managed to pop this in whilst waiting for the rice to boil for the Memsahib’s curry.

John

Yes, some other sources say the same, but note the serial and then the prop rotation. That’s P&W rotation not Leonides. Also the cowling style is not Leonides. I think this is yet another case of the gen being corrupted somewhere along the line. The edcoates photo is the same one as mine (which came from the Fiat factory) The other G.49 prototype had a helmeted cowl. and I must say I can’t now remember were the Cheetah info came from. I am convinced that that is a P&W in the photo.

Regards

John

The game’s still on.

John

I think I have an idea on this one, BPE was owned after 1936 by Flt Lt D.W.Atcherly. Atcherly became CO of 23 Sqn. Coincidently 23 were at Wittering in the late 30’s but with Hawker Demons. I think it’s too much of a coincidence to ignore. The other Swift CTF is often known as the Scarlet Angel and was registered CTF on it’s return from India
where it was formaly VT-ADO.

John

This would appear to be 502 Sqn “Ulster” based at Aldergrove with Mosquito B25’s and later NF30s Any one else care to comment?

John

As I mentioned earlier. The Gauntlet was 19 Sqn and the Swordfish Lee on Solent Pool flight. Delightful photographs.

John

Nieuport and General, part of the Waring group closed down in 1920 and the design rights were aquired along with design staff, the most important of these being H.P. Folland. (Gloster Aircraft since 1917, D James)

John