Got the Prop off BF516
Ha Ha………..Yes ,I had to look twice…very effective.
From the picture of the first commandos landing on the ship ,it looks like they had paintball guns??? what were they?
From the picture of the first commandos landing on the ship ,it looks like they had paintball guns??? what were they?
[ATTACH]185213[/ATTACH] Stirling Memorial in Annesley,which I visited in early 2000.
Stirling EH988 also crashed in Annesley,there`s a big memorial and Garden dedicated to the crew.
Correct Moggie,what I meant to say was 50 cal bullet from the B17 that crashed on Langtoft Fen.
Are you doing the Navs station then?
Looking Really nice Cees what going to be the overall length/width of the project when it`s finished?
My father was Mike Herrick’s radar op when this aircraft was shot down. I would very much like to acquire any info or photos relating to this incident. I also have a compass belonging to the sole survivor Heinrich Beul.
There was a book called `Around The Deepings` by Dorathea Price which had a few pages on the Junkers 88, there was the official RAF report,a newspaper cutting and pictures of the pilots ring a farmer found years later.
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The B17 crash north of Deeping Sept 8th 1944. The aircraft was actually named “Devil’s Ball” and crashed in a field at Langtoft Fen whereby wreckage severely damaged the farmhouse and buildings at Crown Lodge Farm. Ironically the crash site was about 400 yards from the old RAF Langtoft’s tracking station. Cause of the crash was said to be that the aircraft iced up. There were two survivors the rest of the crew perished. For many years after the crash a propellor blade from the plane was at the farm and was later donated to The Deepings School its location now though seems none existant. Regards Neville
That`s very interesting as I went to Deepings School,I will make some enquiries about it.
Any ideas who dug the Junkers 88 and where the bits are on display ?
what about `Barrier Reef`?
what about `Barrier Reef`?
[ATTACH]185087[/ATTACH] `Going faster and faster in a thundering plane`….. remember it well in fact still got my annual.It was about the same time as `The Flashing Blade` over dubbed /out of sync French….Happy Days.