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February 7, 2011 at 3:49 pm in reply to: Starways Lts 1960's Liverpool airline #1128421

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Thanks Moggy I found the site surfing for info on DC-4 G-APEZ used by Starways then Ace Freighters(I love Connies !) It proves there is still hidden treasure on the internet.

February 4, 2011 at 8:35 pm in reply to: Miles Messenger memories #1131794

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G-AKHP was owned from new by a farmer Spencer-Thomas and kept on his airstrip at Honeydon just south of RAF Little Staughton and must be one of the best preserved aircraft type around.
G-AHKY was based at RAF Jever Germany in the fifties. Search No.93 Squadron http://www.rafjever.org/93sqnpic119.htm

January 30, 2011 at 7:29 am in reply to: Scrapyard Photos; Any More? #1139935

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Possibly T.7 WA697 . Note T-bands so retired pre 1959.

January 29, 2011 at 6:15 am in reply to: HP.42 Propellor colours #1140551

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A belated thank you to all especially the photos. Grey seems to be the colour so I will go with that.

January 26, 2011 at 8:20 am in reply to: Propliners and Skytrucks #1144241

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Steve T and others,
Many thanks for some great photos . I well remember the MATS Connie over my house en route Coventry to Duxford . The sound of those engines was pure magic,tragic that it sits in the salt air in Korea.
Surprising that nobody has put a C-46 on the airshow scene before now. Operating costs and CAA type certification are against it. There were alot of FAA mods.

January 23, 2011 at 8:29 pm in reply to: Tempest/Typhoon Crash Near Luton Summer 1945 #1146873

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Napiers Typhoon JP940 16.3.45 crashed on trials where ?

Tempest JN814 23.5.44 crashed on test where ?

EJ823 09.9.46 forced landing near Luton. Mr G.A. Reston

NX235 04.11.49 crashed in aeros Luton. Mr A Sutcliffe.

January 23, 2011 at 9:59 am in reply to: RAF Horsham St. Faith/Norwich Airport #1147509

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Lots of the 458BG history at Horsham St Faiths here http://www.458bg.com/

January 23, 2011 at 9:08 am in reply to: RAF Horsham St. Faith/Norwich Airport #1147521

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Spotted Ape,

Thank you so much for the plan and No.74 Squadron logo. I visited the excellent City of Norwich Airport museum in 2009 and was surprised to see my father in a display photograph of No.74 Squadron. Also great display on No.100 Group. If you have any information on Swannington particularly No.274 MU storing Mosquito’s would be most grateful.

January 22, 2011 at 10:07 pm in reply to: BBC1 " The One Show" tonight FIDO #1147882

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I thought I heard it said as “55,000 casualties”. Casualties usually means persons killed and injured not solely those who died???

Roger Smith.

The Air Ministry supplied to the authors of “The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany” figures of all RAF,WAAF,Dominion and Allied personnel serving with Bomber Command between 3 September 1939 and May 1945 47,120 aircrew killed and presumed dead, 8090 killed on Non-operational not to mention 530 ground staff killed. My source Denis Richards “The Hardest Victory”.

January 22, 2011 at 10:01 pm in reply to: Derelict C-46s in Haiti #1147887

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Thank you Flankerman,a wonderful link nice to see a Trident preserved as well.

January 22, 2011 at 5:24 pm in reply to: DC-3 Barrel rolling #1148124

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Douglasdriver,
Thanks for posting a great video. Liked the propellor vortices and the formation break. Just shows how well these machines keep going if they are given TLC.

January 21, 2011 at 10:11 pm in reply to: BBC1 " The One Show" tonight FIDO #1148841

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It was well put together I liked the aerial view of Fiskerton then and now. There was some old film a crew entering a Lancaster clearly marked as PB113. This spent all its life with 405 Squadron so must have been filmed at Gransden Lodge. Some shots of Just Jane and a mention of the 55,000 aircrew who died flying in Bomber Command. A positive piece perhaps Robin Gibbs drive and mention on ” Hard Talk” interview is making a wider public take note.

To view the programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007tcw7 scroll down to 21 Jan.

It is usually available for at least one week ? Correction it is Robin Gibbs apologies.

January 21, 2011 at 9:56 pm in reply to: Greek AF C-47 #2358381

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Aspis,

Many thanks for replying and the information.

January 21, 2011 at 9:53 pm in reply to: BBC1 " The One Show" tonight FIDO #1148846

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It was well put together I liked the aerial view of Fiskerton then and now. There was some old film a crew entering a Lancaster clearly marked as PB113. This spent all its life with 405 Squadron so must have been filmed at Gransden Lodge. Some shots of Just Jane and a mention of the 55,000 aircrew who died flying in Bomber Command. A positive piece perhaps Maurice Gibbs drive and mention on ” Hard Talk” interview is making a wider public take note.

To view the programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007tcw7 scroll down to 21 Jan.

January 21, 2011 at 8:13 am in reply to: RAF Horsham St. Faith/Norwich Airport #1149408

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Thank you for the aerial photographs. My parents met at Horsham St.Faiths . My father was a Sergeant pilot on Meteor F.8s with No 74 Squadron. My mum worked in Engineering HQ as a WAAF. Can anybody provide a plan of where the 458th BG B-24 squadrons were dispersed around the airfield ?
My father and his best friend held their Meteors down low after take off and went across the speedway track causing the riders to fall off . Both got grounded but were soon back on flying after overturning a Land-Rover ! The pilots used to pinch the barrel from the Cat & Barrel pub down Fifers Lane ? They also were always hard up so pawned their aircrew watches behind the bar until pay-day.
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