Photos and video here… http://www.kgw.com/news/WWII-Navy-plane-crash-discovered-in-Coast-forest-89182602.html

Bored? Not a bit of it, this is fascinating stuff.

Gotta love the Sketch’s “Why Did The Radar Fail?” teaser – a sophisticated account of the effectiveness of radar surely follows?

That is absolutely disgusting but I’m afraid that here in Eire we have an epidemic of such heartless thefts.

A few years back one of our Air Corps SAR chopper pilots died along with his crew when they hit sand dunes whilst trying to land in fog. During his funeral his PARENTS house was robbed of just about everything, the place was stripped. And that is far form an isolated case. Burglars peruse the In Memorium ads in the papers and make their cruel plans from them.

Made me feel old by classing the Do27 as old, as a kid I had a couple of trips in those when they were ‘current’ in the Nigerian Air Force! And in Do28s.

Amazing stuff right enough. I saw this website about his work a couple of years ago and was left in wonder at the man’s skills.

Actually, they’re more than models, they’re art.

Has anybody found the shack that had to crash in the desert on google earth? The one that was airworthy on a ferry flight I believe.
Graham

Barely legible; 22°37′50″N 13°14′15″W

Sad news, but as Moggy C said, a good innings.

The Dambusters will be the choice of viewing for this evening (like others), with a raised glass of wine in grateful thanks for his life on his first appearance. Rest In Peace, Mr.Todd, one of the heroes of Pegasus Bridge and a fine actor who enjoyed a deservedly long, award-laden career.

Can’t be many actors who starred in two major D-Day films surely?

Some photos on the Guardian website from his career.

It’s also nice to see that IMDb.com has seen fit to put the news about his passing on its front page.

As night bombers notionally operated alone

Pardon? Don’t think so.

I do remember a work colleague of my dad’s many many years ago regaling us with stories of his time as a Lanc pilot and he said he didn’t think the front guns on his plane were ever used in anger, just the usual test bursts to ensure they were working on the journey out to the target.