Seconded,good shout Dave. Here’s to many more years of airworthy Doves/Devons…:)
While we’re on the subject,am I right in thinking there’s still a search going on for the prototype?Does anyone know if they’ve come up with anything?

“The owners of the three red arrow Gnats should start up there own display team and call it Red Arrows 1970’s .

James”

There was some talk about forming just such a team two or three years ago,the national newspapers even published one or two articles about the team stating that they would be the ‘only privately funded display team in the UK’,or something of the kind. Dunno what happenned after that,but it seems it came to nought.

Thanks Dave,only just got around to viewing the clips. Interesting to see the effect the frame rate has on the props,it’s slightly strange watching the Firefly display with an absolutely static prop!

There was a Peregrine on display in the museum at Tangmere a few years ago,would this have been one of the Steve Vizzard engines?

I’ve just had a look at the blurb for the P47 in the game “IL2 Forgotten Battles”,and it has this to say about Soviet use of the P47…

“Some 199 or 200 P47’s (D-10 & D-27) were sent to USSR under Lend Lease. After evaluation of the first aircraft (D-10’s),it was decided to use the type in the high altitude air defence role,particularly of big cities like Moscow and Leningrad.
They were also used by Baltic and Northern Fleet Naval Aviation as recon aircraft and fast,low-level bombers,primarily due to thier great range compared to Soviet aircraft. In Soviet service the P47 saw limited action,and then only in Naval service.”

Well spotted that man,spelling corrected. I was just testing,honest…;) Thanks for the info,as you’ve probably guessed I haven’t picked up the lastest issues of AM or FP yet.

Right,I’ve got hold of my copy of ‘Day of the Typhoon’,and yes it is Tim Morice. My info above was slightly erroneous as he wasn’t the commander of a wing,but the Airfield Commander at Le Fresne Camilly,where the Typhoons were based during the summer of ’44. Your picture of him above is reproduced in the book,which is why it rang bells. The caption in the book dates the photo to August 1943.
His full name was C.S. “Tim” Morice MC,at the time a Wing Commander but he appears to have retired as a Group Captain.
I can’t find any exact quotes about him at the moment,but I read Day of the Typhoon just a few weeks ago and the general gist is that Morice was extremely well liked and respected,and was considered to be one of the boys despite his not flying on operations. He had been a scout pilot in the RFC in WW1,hence the MC.

Whilst I agree it was a terrible waste (something to do with the RAF decreeing that thier bases should have only one gate guard),it has to be remembered that the Victor was still in service at the time and that the scrapping of this airframe meant that she could be cannibalised for spares. The Vulcan was ofcourse already out of service,and XM607 was the one that dropped the bombs on Stanley airfield. Looked at this way,thier reasoning seems to make more sense.
Still a great shame though 🙁