‘There’s no-one quite like Grandma’ :confused:

You want some HP42 photos?

These are from the collection of the late John Lingard, and I think were taken in 1935/36 when he was an engine fitter at Aboukir.

The first photo has the caption ‘Night inspection of the mailplane, Aboukir’, the second is G-AAGX, and the third is G-AAUE/Hadrian, later impressed as AS982.

I do have quite a few more photos from John’s collection, civil and RAF types from the period, both UK and Middle East.

Geoff.

John,

It was the 1st June 1960. According to ‘Lost to service’ – ‘VV298 Anson T21 Bomber Command Comms Sqn, RAF Northolt. Crashed into a dairy after engine failed on take-off’. There were no fatalities.

Geoff

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‘Ooooh there’s Kilingons on the starboard bow….’