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  • February 4, 2009 at 9:50 am in reply to: "Aces Falling" – BBC2 Timewatch #1217969
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    Tangmere ,read it yesterday very good article . Did not realise the confusion of where Mannock is supposed to have fallen.

    February 4, 2009 at 9:18 am in reply to: Questions about B17 crash in Belfast June 1944 #1218085
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    This B-17G had staggered cheek guns,No Cheyenne tail turret these were fitted from 55-VE onwards. It would have only carried national insignia,squadron codes would have been applied at it’s operational base. Staggered waist position. Aircraft in silver finish.

    January 31, 2009 at 9:45 pm in reply to: Biafran Anson #1221799
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    Battledamaged ,Would love to hear about your time with Hank Wharton ?

    Anson G-AWMH forcelanded at Port Etienne 17.8.68 in a sand-storm. G-AWMG crashed in the Methodist Leprosy Settlement at Uzuakoli,Biafra 3.9.68.

    Best book is “Shadows” by Michael Draper.

    January 28, 2009 at 2:23 pm in reply to: Location help #1225827
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    Northrepps ? near Cromer

    January 9, 2009 at 9:57 am in reply to: B29 Hawg Wild Delivery flight #1168490
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    Thanks for posting the film and Twin beech link ,all good stuff !! Shall look at the B-29 at Duxford with thoughts of the epic delivery.

    January 8, 2009 at 5:44 pm in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1169202
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    Mantog,
    No we don’t hate TVOC and no we are not claiming to be right but in the current climate the kinda money that is being asked is impossible. Had a wider marketing gameplan been deployed at the start it might be a better outlook for XH558 .

    January 8, 2009 at 4:57 pm in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1169253
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    Agree totally Anon ,smaller projects and museum’s are going to suffer if this fails. Are the BAPC showing any concerns ?

    January 8, 2009 at 4:54 pm in reply to: Farnborough Met Flight #1169255
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    HB778 was ex USAF 42-97115 loaned to the Ministry of Supply. It was sent to Burtonwood 9.9.52 for fire protection tests and presumably burnt on site.
    Even Roger Freeman’s listing on B-17 histories is wrong ,can anybody else give more details ?

    January 8, 2009 at 4:23 pm in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1169372
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    All this is a bit too late…..fait accompli

    January 8, 2009 at 8:06 am in reply to: Single Pioneer? Which? Where? #1169733
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    Another possibility is XL558 of 209 Squadron. This was damaged in a storm at Vientiane,Laos 10.4.68 and not repaired. May have been abandoned there ?

    January 1, 2009 at 3:06 pm in reply to: Jerry Scutts #1176474
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    I have nearly all of the Aviation News and I preferred the newspaper version. Still refer to the plans for modelling. When was the last one produced ?

    January 1, 2009 at 10:29 am in reply to: Question for Avion Ancien #1176936
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    Thanks Ian for the translation and Happy New Year to everyone and the power of this forum in solving knotty questions.

    December 31, 2008 at 4:25 pm in reply to: Question for Avion Ancien #1177468
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    Yes BAZV but I was hoping that if I found the English publisher it might give the original English title 😉

    December 31, 2008 at 4:06 pm in reply to: Question for Avion Ancien #1177591
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    The English version was published in 1962 as “Leo25 Airborne” by Chatto & Windus.

    December 31, 2008 at 3:57 pm in reply to: Question for Avion Ancien #1177595
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    Need translating Appui-feu sur l’oued Hallaïl

    Extraits de la préface de Pierre Clostermann

    Hier, par Le Grand Cirque, j’ai voulu faire revivre le combat d’un pilote de chasse de la France Libre dans les cieux d’Europe 1942-1945.

    Aujourd’hui, Appui-feu sur l’oued Hallaïl est l’histoire d’un officier pilote de réserve rappelé en Algérie 1956-1957. Ce n’est une autobiographie, ni une œuvre littéraire d’imagination. Sous la forme d’un récit historique, c’est plutôt un reportage photographique où les mots tentent de remplacer la pellicule.

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    Un million et demi de jeunes Français ont servi la France en Algérie, et treize mille d’entre eux y sont morts au cours d’opérations militaires ingrates, confuses et décourageantes. L’aspect politique de cette guerre n’intéresse pas ce livre. La politique algérienne a trop servi les passions des tribuns de la salle Wagram ou du Forum d’Alger. Elle a trop nourri les ambitions impitoyables des exilés des Palaces du Caire et de Tunis. Les uns et les autres sont méprisés par les hommes des deux camps qui souffrent et qui meurent dans les djebels.

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    Mais, au fond des choses et malgré les grands raisonnements, qu’un enfant soit tué d’une façon sauvage ou civilisée, déchiqueté par un obus moderne de 20 mm ou éventré par un poignard anachronique, c’est toujours un enfant mort, et c’est toujours un crime.

    Nous vivons un triste siècle, où l’on tue trop facilement pour trop de bonnes raisons.

    […]

    Références : Appui-feu sur l’oued Hallaïl, Editions Flammarion, 1960

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