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  • May 19, 2008 at 9:24 pm in reply to: Jean Lennox Bird #1179751
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    Sorry bazv no news on Jean Bird but the Miles Aerovan was G-AISF of Meridian Air Maps crashed on take off Ringway 29.4.57 due to fuel pump failure.

    May 19, 2008 at 9:01 pm in reply to: Irish aviators,the Lecky family. #1179881
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    BAZV, Many thanks for the list it makes interesting reading. I wonder if Molly Lecky was in the WASPS ?

    May 19, 2008 at 8:30 pm in reply to: Airco Dh-4a G-EAWH #1179894
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    The DH.4 was operated on a Croydon to Cricklewood service by Handley Page Travel.

    May 19, 2008 at 8:27 pm in reply to: Airco Dh-4a G-EAWH #1179900
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    G-EAWH had its Cof A issued 18.4.1921 to Handley Page at Cricklewood aerodrome where it was scrapped in 1922,
    The other aircraft is Vickers Vimy Commercial G-EASI ” City of London” which flew on the Croydon to Paris/Brussels and Cologne routes,with Instone Airlines.

    May 19, 2008 at 2:41 pm in reply to: Irish aviators,the Lecky family. #1180265
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    Thanks for the replies,I’am sure more will turn up.

    May 14, 2008 at 7:34 am in reply to: Bill Donald 305th BG History passes on #1185084
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    Very sad news,I missed the funeral as I am currently in Ireland. His book is a great testament to his devotion and expertise on the 305th Bomb Group. So glad he had a flypast as he would have liked that. Bill you will not be forgotten.

    May 11, 2008 at 10:28 pm in reply to: Martin Caidin #1186922
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    I thought “Zero Fighter” won a book award ? I have “Thunderbolt” which is good but dated , but I recommend “Everything But The Flak”.

    By publishing the list it might enlighten younger aviation viewers to his writings, so apologies but a method in the madness !!

    May 11, 2008 at 9:59 pm in reply to: DC-3 for sale, nice! #1187044
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    N308SF is c/n 18984 ex 42-100521.

    May 11, 2008 at 9:54 pm in reply to: USAAF WWII Memorial Flight Plaque #1187046
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    Maybe get in touch with the operators of the B-17 at Duxford ?

    May 11, 2008 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Martin Caidin #1187060
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    Some books by Martin Caidin:
    Boeing 707
    Thunderbolt with Robert S Johnson.
    Air Force:A Pictorial History Of American Airpower
    Countdown For Tomorrow
    The Long Night
    Vanguard!
    Worlds In Space
    Rockets Beyond The Earth
    Rockets And Missiles
    Samurai ! with S Sakai and F Salto
    Zero ! with M Okumiya and J Horikoshi
    The Zero Fighter

    May 11, 2008 at 7:14 pm in reply to: Martin Caidin #1187104
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    “Everything ,But the Flak” about the ferrying of B-17’s across the Atlantic for making the movie “The War Lover” in 1961. Had a paperback copy that I loaned to someone and it got lost !! ( never loan your aviation books out !!)

    May 11, 2008 at 12:20 pm in reply to: The Viking preservation shame…………. #1187386
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    Viking G-AIVG c/n 220. First flight 20.5.47. To B.E.A as “Viceroy”. Renamed in Admiral Class as”Sir George Rooke” in 1951. Damaged beyond repair when tyre burst on take off at Le Bourget 12.8.53.

    I do hope somebody can save this machine, where are all the panels’s ? Someone like Brookland’s museum would benefit this aircraft.

    May 11, 2008 at 12:13 pm in reply to: Pathfinder book recommendations please #1187391
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    “Mosquito Pathfinder” by Albert and Ian Smith Crecy Books 2003,excellent account of a No 109 Squadron Mosquito navigator.

    “Pathfinder Force-A History of 8 Group” by Gordon Musgrove .McDonald and Jane 1976. Hard to find but very detailed raids analysis.

    Hope this helps. The No 109/582 Squadron Association was disbanded a few years ago.

    May 8, 2008 at 9:46 pm in reply to: Typhoon pilot – Wing Commander JM Bryan #1189019
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    Wing Commander Bryan is remembered on the war memorial at Milton Ernest near Bedford, where his father was the parish vicar during the Second World War.

    May 5, 2008 at 8:12 am in reply to: Popham Aerojumble 5th May Cancelled! #1192457
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    On teletext, a PA-28 Piper Cherokee overshot the Popham runway late on Saturday evening and lost its wings ,both occupants ok. So I presume the state of the airfield has alot to do with the cancellation.

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