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January 21, 2009 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Saudi/Kuwait Lightnings #1234327

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Tim, Should you visit City of Norwich Aviation Museum, you can almost touch one, and parts of another ! Keith.

January 11, 2009 at 9:51 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1164976

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Pondskater, Yes at the time he visited Iwakuni he was with Far East Flying Boat Wing, Seletar, (209 Sqdn) as engineering officer, and visiting a u/s Sunderland.
Thank you for the nice comments, and please spend an hour or two reading the whole, overwhelming, thread !

Keith.

January 11, 2009 at 9:17 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1164989

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Oooooppps sorry John, only copying what he has entered in the albumns, I think ‘zero’ sums up my knowledge of such things ! Just one more good reason we so much enjoy your expert input 😉

Keith.

January 11, 2009 at 8:26 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1165067

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I am sadly running out of photo’s to post ! Whilst so many people are studying what has gone before, and still coming up with answers !, These three small photo’s are of lower quality, lets see what you have to say …

Firstly a Zero on a pole at Clarke Field, Phillipine Is. An entry in the log book shows him having passed through here.

PHOTO 95.

And two photos from RAF Iwakuni, Japan. Where, once again from the log book, he travelled to carry out repairs to a Sunderland.

PHOTO 96.

PHOTO 97.

January 11, 2009 at 5:58 pm in reply to: Demise of an airfield…. #1165389

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The tower (watch office) certainly looks like Martlesham Heath, link to Control Towers below :-
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/M/images/Martlesham_Heath.jpg

Keith.

January 11, 2009 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Beaufighter and Meteor target tugs -Singapore 60's #1165519

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Postfade, We can never get enough of these quality photo’s, supurb, now I will do to you what others keep doing to me, seeing things in the background !
Any idea of the identity of the small civilian aircraft in the first Dak photo, possible Bahamas registration ? I cannot recognise it, Apache size, but too much glazing ??

Keith.

January 10, 2009 at 11:07 pm in reply to: B29 Hawg Wild Delivery flight #1166090

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Thank you for the link Peter, thanks to those brave guys we can get this close !
Keith.

January 10, 2009 at 6:09 pm in reply to: What Are You All Reading Now! #1166417

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On Thursday I enjoyed an hour in a local book shop !
Came out with BRITIAN’S AIRLINES vol 2 : 1951 – 1964 by Guy Halford-Macleod. Seems to be a valuable reference source, and the era I enjoy.
Also PANSHANGER AERODROME by Michael Packham, covers from 1940 as a decoy airfield untill late 90’s, lots of photos and references.

Keith.

January 10, 2009 at 3:01 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1166581

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John, your last post, re uniform, is possibly spot on, the last logbook entry was 03 09 44, and in the albumn the photo’s are recorded as Setember 1944.

Keith.

January 9, 2009 at 9:30 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1167213

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kev35,Your knowledge overwhelms me, I know the family will be pleased with this information, please keep it coming.

Postfade,Yes it seems good to be able to have access to an old albumn, but I am sure your fathers collection is in the ‘best’ other place !
I have been following, with interest, your photo postings elsewhere, and find them to be of very high quality, and are recieving the credit that is due.

Thank You.

Keith.

January 9, 2009 at 8:44 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1167309

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I would like to think you kind people can imagine the enjoyment that both the family involved and myself are getting from the huge interest shown in this collection of photo’s, the attention to detailed inspection of some is overwhelming !
To you all, my friends, thank you once again.
I can offer little help, kev35 mentioned the medal ribbon, all I can find is this photo of 1945, with a slightly better view of the ribbon at that time, and a zoom into that.

Keith.

January 8, 2009 at 10:36 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1168821

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John, This is so interesting, and quite spooky, for me, your mentioning Gee H and H2S.
Some time ago another member of the small team I work with, which includes the custodian of these photos, asked if I could find information on his grandfather who was lost whilst flying with 582 Sqdn PFF, in Lancaster ND931, and these pieces of equipment seemed to be used within that flight also !
I find it so amazing that from the whole ‘global’ size of WW11 that you knowledgeable people can narrow things down to time and day !!

Thank you.

Keith.

January 8, 2009 at 9:38 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1168913

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Hi eagle eyed John, Yes it does ! “George VI + Queen & Princess visited” ..
once again you are seeing thing in the background that I completely overlook.

Thank you. Keith.

January 8, 2009 at 8:54 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1168936

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Cranswick, Thank you, so nice when you are correct, smug look is ok !

Mildenhall. September 1944. 15 Squadron. The Final Chapter ?

So we move on to Mildenhall, yet another wonderfull story of survival ?

PHOTO 92.

On the back of this photo is :- LSR (aircraft code I assume) followed by :-

P. Hobbs
B/A. Edge
F/E. Day
WOP. Hall
MU. Hall
NAV. Gallop (added by me !)
RG. Stevens

PHOTO 93.

Crew as photo 92, plus Sgt Oliver.

PHOTO 94.

On the back of this one just Sgt Oliver (again or another ?) and Peter Wooding.

And the log book entries for the period. Would like to know if any of these operations ended with a crash at Mildenhall ?

LOG 24.

LOG 25.

LOG 26.

LOG 27.

LOG 28.

Enjoy ! Keith.

January 6, 2009 at 11:12 pm in reply to: Photo's of an RAF career 1930's to 1960's ! #1170527

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Lauriebe,Thank you, I would like to think the log book pages can help, a little, sorting out the shambles that seemed to exist at the time in the area, my mention earlier of 34, 84 and 211 Sqns was to confirm that I too am so confused, as they seemed to amalgamate with whatever resources each had to continue the campaign ? Should you not have seen it I recomend a visit to Don Clark’s suburb 211Sqn website, where there is a huge amount of well researched information about the Singapore / Sumatra / Java … ‘fiasco’
I hope the link works ?

http://www.211squadron.org

Keith.
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