The engine appears to be a Kinner but I think it’s central european.

John

I feel I must reply to being chastened by Tangmere 1940 (for whom I have a great respect). Whilst his defence of the young lady is laudable I would ask the question how is she qualified to appear sloppily dressed and pontificate upon the great icons of early air warfare. Perhaps she has a copy of “High in the Empty Blue” to refer to. And yes I saw the equally awful “Aces”.

Much of my teenage reading was filled by the writings of Cecil Lewis, Yeates, Gould-Lee, and Grinnell-Milne etc as well as meeting men who had lived and suffered through those tumultuous years.

I cannot count how many times I have stood in Flanders fields or made pilgrimage to Annoelin, Wavens and Estaires, so perhaps I have a jaundiced view of programmes such as this. I don’t object to the replicas and re-enactors but I would like the presenters to be knowledgeable and recognisable. The programme so gripped me I took the dog for a walk.

It all smacks of “I say wasn’t your Auntie in the WAAFs, then how would you like to front the new Dambusters documentary”.

Where will it all end, good lord Andy, we’ll have women flying Spitfires next! 🙂

respectfully

John

That’s a Bies t of an aeroplane 🙂

John

Do please publish. Photographs would make the book much better IMO. I’m an avid collector of scale drawings.

John

The Aztatl 6cyl engine appears to be similar to the Curtiss Challenger or earlier Anzani engines in that it is a double three. (two row) The apparent lack of manifolds and push rods makes me wonder if this was a two stroke type or used Monosoupape type piston valves. The “Tommy” gun armament seems quite odd.

John

I couldn’t find anything in BCL,42 or 43 but there is a 14th of April entry for a Wellington crash near Blewbury Berks in the OTU losses. from Harwell.

John

Akaflieg Berlin B.4 FF

John