super siouxTry this one!
Have just finished reading ‘ WITH THE YANKS IN KOREA’ VOL. 1 by Brian Cull & Dennis Newton published by Grub Street. At the moment some shops have it remaindered which is how I paid a much cheaper price for mine!
It covers the first 18 months of the war mainly from the British and Commonwealth Airforces but also quite a lot about the Americans. An excellent read and most informative about the aerial combat and other missions carried out. Volume 2 covers the second period of the war from 1952 to its conclusion in July 1953.
Ray
super siouxI am participating in a thread about the Hanriot 320 at LAAHS and we had no luck with any additional information and thats why i came here…:(
Further checking of my Hanriot source tells me that the Hanriot HD.320 was made in 1926, a sole aircraft being produced! The 320 was similar to the HD.32 produced in 1924 as a prototype trainer and ordered by the French army in quantity and withdrawn from service in 1932, refurbished and sold to aero clubs and private owners.
Ray
super siouxI have been unsuccessfully searching the Web for photographs of the aircraft and pilots of No 47 Sqn RAF in South Russia in 1919. Does anyone have any leads?
Keith
In October 1919 47 Squadron became ‘A’ Squadron, RAF Mission South Russia! It flew D.H.9s and was reformed as 47 Squadron from 206 Squadron at Helwan Egypt on 1 February 1920 still with D.H. 9s.
Ray
super siouxI’ve Googled for info about this aircraft but got no luck…
El Salvador Air Force operated five of these and all i have is a couple of photos.
Does anyone have information about this plane or could recommend me where to find it (book)?
Thanks!
I have just looked through Vol. 9 of ‘The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Aircraft’ and it does not show the model number mentioned in your thread. Have you got the number right? There is no El Salvador Air Force use of Hanriot aircraft shewn although in the twenties’ and thirties’ aircraft must have been sold around the globe with no record of such transactions taking place!
Ray
super siouxOne did a bit of dancing on ice in Greenland, she is still there. But none with skis to my knowledge, did you ever see one bounce along a runway?:p
Hasting WD492 is the aircraft on the Greenland ice cap, been there since Sept. 16th 1952 when in atrocious conditions supporting the British North Greenland Expedition it crashed near to the two tents of the Expedition at 8000 ft altitude! A USAF Albatross landed on the snow, without the use of skis and carried the three injured crew to safety using JATO and a run of nearly five miles before becoming airborne!
At Nicosia Cyprus in the early Sixties I had the opportunity to see Hastings from the OCU doing a bit of warmweather flying including the special landing which was the opposite of STOL more of a LTOL (Land Takeoff Land) for most of the main runway. The resident Hasting squadron No. 70 did not use that system showing that the Hastybird takes a bit of getting used to before being proficient in its handling!
I am surprised that the Halifax wallahs hav’nt had a sniff at the Greenland remains for a possible set of wings?
Ray
super siouxIndependent Force 1918
Have just been rereading ‘Handley Page Bombers of the First World War’ by Chaz Bowyer. It contains much valuable information about the squadrons of the Independent Force efforts to use the bombers HP 0/100 and HP/400 since the formation of such Force in 6 June 1918. One of the disadvantages stated was the fact that the prevailing wind was against the returning bombers and reduced the range available or load carried! Only when the HP V/1500 came into service in late 1918 and two were detailed for a raid on Berlin taking off during the morning of November Eleventh! This of course was aborted because of the Armistice although the squadron was on standby in case the Armistice arrangements were not carried out within sixty days.
Ray
super siouxNo RAF pilots went to Stalingrad!
Ok, it’s very early, I haven’t got book in front of me for exact detail so excuse vagueness..
Just re-reading Leo Nomis’ book Desert Hawks which is about his time spent serving as a volunteer with the fledgling Israeli air force flying 109s…but he also touches upon his service with RAF during WW2. In that chapter he mentions that the RAF was poised to send a squadron or two of fighters over to help the Russians in their struggle to defend Stalingrad. Any truth in this?
After reading the source from the BBC I think only the aircraft went to Stalingrad with Russian pilots in control.
super siouxAn oddity this one folks……..I’m looking for info of 43 Squadron RAF known as the Fighting Cocks, the Squadron once flew Gamecocks and it is thought that its crest derived from this bird.
I seem to recall that there was once a crest on the nose (nose art) of Hunters depicting a cockerel wearing boxing gloves when I was at El Adem in 1965 ‘ish when this Squadron was on exercise or transitting the place.
Doing a Google brings up a couple of topics together with one almost indecipherable c0ckerel wearing said boxing gloves on a Hurricane. I’m sure some of you modellers or other aviation historians will come up trumps with something:p
When serving at Nicosia Cyprus 60-62 on TASF (Transit Aircraft Servicing Flight) my main memory of 43 Squadron was the Christmas morning battle flight which we as a full time operator prepared for flight. The Hunter took off at dawn and ‘bombed’ the Army at Larnaca with toilet rolls tucked under the flaps. The local English language paper described them in an article as the ‘Fighting Socks’ which ever since is how I remember them. I am sure they had the cockerel with boxing gloves on the beak, sorry nose.
super siouxAs to your query, after checking with ‘Fokker Commercial Aircraft’ a book produced by Fokker, it mentions talks were held postwar with various American airliner makers for a possible joint venture. But the end result was no deal! Douglas were only interested in their own long range aircraft and Boeing did suggest providing some design input and if plans came to fruition would implement the sales. But military orders and a new commercial design (the 707) ended Boeings interest. I can find no mention of the Douglas DC16 in my literature but I dont claim to have every bit of information there is.
super siouxHere we ago again!
Educate me please. Who were AGO, I’ve never heard of them, or would I perhaps know them by their full name?
Mike , the name Ago derived originally from the initial letters of the company founded in 1911 by german aviation pioneer Gustav Otto. Then named Aeroplanbau G.Otto und Alberti, it was renamed Aerowerke Gustav Otto in early 1912 and, later that year , became Ago Flugzeugwerke GmbH. They built a small number of designs during World War1
They next appear in my literature during ‘Blitz Week’ when a force of Eighth Bomber Command USAAF B-17’s of the 4th Wing ,120 in all , bombed in the longest penetration of Germany to date a place called Ago- Flugzeugwerke Gmbh at Ochersleben. (90 miles /145kms southwest of Berlin).
They appear to be sub contractors to the German aircraft industry.
super siouxManual Starter
When I was serving at RAAF Darwin back in the early 1960s, I was puzzled to see RAF crews pulling a prop on a ‘Pig’ (Valletta) with a rope.
When I asked them why they were doing this, the engineer said the starter motor was US and, if I had ever had the job of replacing a starter motor on one of these *********g things, I would be pulling the prop too!Bri 🙂
Over fifty years ago when a school boy my brother would bring me copies of ‘The RAF Flying Review’ when he came home on leave from the RAF.
In one issue there was an article about a Vickers Varsity having a starter problem when on an Indonesian island. The crew obtained a length of rope which was wound around the propellor enough times to start the engine when pulled by a load of locals, this was shown in photos. The engine was started successfully!
Ray
super sioux[QUOTE=Creaking Door;1172360]Not sure I’d agree there…the Manchester was only a twin-engined aircraft whereas the He177 was a four-engined aircraft.
I’m not sure if the He177 could even fly on three engines since a pair of engines shared a common gearbox (but not a common crankshaft). My thoughts are that it was probably designed to but since most engine failures caused (or were caused by) fires it was probably academic.QUOTE]
According to ‘Heinkel He 177-277-274’ by Griel and Dressel the first Daimler Benz’s fitted were the DB606V manufactured from Febuary 1937 a coupled powerplant consisting of 2xDB601V each having 12 cylinders with fuel injection and supercharger,common reduction gearing and separate cut-off devices for each engine. The latter is not mentioned for any of the later engines used so I do not know if this was a standard fitting.
Ray
super siouxIs this the one?
Reading a very good book about the partition of India and the last Viceroy. Just wondered if anyone knows what happened to the Earl’s York that took hime out and about?
According to my Profile Publications ‘Avro York’, MW102 was the VIP aircraft used by Lord Louis Mountbatten when C.inC. S.E.A.C. Wether he used the same aircraft when Viceroy it doesn’t say, and it gives no clue to any further history.
Ray
super siouxRead all the threads!
I think you are getting your Meteors crossed, the tank engine was called the Rolls Royce Meteor and is a vehicle version of the Merlin Engine.
If you read the start of the thread and then my answer you will find that I am not getting my Meteors crossed!
super siouxJust noticed an ad on http://www.milweb.net for a RR Meteor Mk IVB,it’s under vehicles spares and asking price is £2750.
No connection with the seller,just passing it on in case anyone is interested:D
Garry.
The Rolls Royce engine mentioned is for a tank or similar vehicle and not one fitted to a Gloster Meteor of any Mark! The Mark Four was powered by Rolls Royce Derwents and never had a B variant.
Sign In
