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December 19, 2003 at 12:43 pm in reply to: Tora! Tora! Tora! aircraft #2091808

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DDM,

Ooops again. Yes, you’re right, he was asking about PH. My only excuse is that I had just got home from work!

Geoff.

December 19, 2003 at 7:33 am in reply to: Tora! Tora! Tora! aircraft #2091986

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PhantomII,

Pillot Jack Canary, a Technical advisor in charge of assembling the aircraft for the film, was killed when the BT-13 he was ferrying crashed following an in-flight fire.

One of the ‘Vals’ and it’s pilot were lost during filming, though the pilot is not named in this article. A ‘Kate’ was also lost, though in this case the pilot was saved.

Geoff.

December 19, 2003 at 7:26 am in reply to: Tora! Tora! Tora! aircraft #2091990

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Ooops

December 19, 2003 at 7:24 am in reply to: Tora! Tora! Tora! aircraft #2091994

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DDM,

There’s a five page article on the making of TTT in the December 1991 issue of FlyPast. If you haven’t got this, PM me your address & I’ll photocopy it for you.

In the meantime, here’s the cast list from that article:-

December 19, 2003 at 6:52 am in reply to: "Rough Diamonds!"…All at sea….! #2092049

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dhfan,

Is it the Seafire IB, MB340 (ex Vb, BL689), flown by Lt Duncan Hamilton, Port Reitz, Kenya., you’re thinking of?

Geoff.

December 17, 2003 at 11:02 am in reply to: Meeting up at Hendon #2093167

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Is this still on? Any more takers?

December 17, 2003 at 10:52 am in reply to: Help with this Liberfax #2093170

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Could it have been a trials a/c?. An airborne test-bed trying out different nose arrangements, to see which was the best? Perhaps it might have been something to do with the B-32, Privateer, or the Lib?

How about trying the pic on a US based forum?

December 17, 2003 at 10:44 am in reply to: Die-cast models #2093172

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I seem to recall seeing loads of these on stalls at airshows. I think they were quite cheap. Nothing for Corgi to worry about!

December 17, 2003 at 7:59 am in reply to: Help with this Liberfax #2093286

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Wasn’t there a B-24 fitted with a B-17 nose, or was it the other way round????

December 17, 2003 at 7:56 am in reply to: "Rough Diamonds!"…All at sea….! #2093288

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Told you 🙂

December 16, 2003 at 10:39 pm in reply to: "Rough Diamonds!"…All at sea….! #2093464

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Found this, but it’s not much.

” Rough Diamonds ” Aerobatic Team Royal Navy , Brawdy 1967-69. Led by Lt. Cdr Christopher Comins the team lasted for 5 years

The answer will be in a book. No matter how good the Internet is, you still can’t beat books 🙂

Geoff

December 15, 2003 at 7:58 pm in reply to: Mystery relic #2094100

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Skipper,

Nothing new I’m afraid. Plenty of people have read my post on the Army Air Forces forum, but no replies. When I get the chance to visit Motor Books, I’ll try looking in a few of their B-24/17 books. If I get nothing there I’ll try the D.Certs as a last resort.

Geoff.

December 15, 2003 at 6:21 pm in reply to: 'Battle of Britain' Luftwaffe badges #2094146

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Looking through Len Mosley’s book on the making of ‘BoB’, I see that Don Federico Eglesias Lanzos was killed flying a Bouchon from Tablada on the 20/1/68. Lanzos was due to fly a Bouchon in the flying sequences for ‘BoB’ but died whilst doing aerobatics on his own. A minutes silence was held in his memory on the 13/3/68, I believe this was the first days filming – the opening scene that runs behind the titles.

Was this the only fatality involved with the film? Will he be mentioned on the website?

Geoff.

December 13, 2003 at 3:06 pm in reply to: 'Battle of Britain' Luftwaffe badges #2095382

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DDM,

I shall look forward to seeing the website grow.

Geoff.

December 12, 2003 at 8:46 pm in reply to: 'Battle of Britain' Luftwaffe badges #2095796

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Mark,

I haven’t seen the badge myself yet. I’m hoping to get a copy of it in the next few days, and when I do, I’ll post it on here.

Geoff.
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