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  • in reply to: General Discussion #228781
    snailer
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    Ok I’ll word it differently, do you wish to be governed by the EU as opposed to UK.

    in reply to: General Discussion #228793
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    So you think it is acceptable that to be a trading partner you have to let your partner govern you?

    in reply to: Anyone have Bomber Command Losses 1944 to hand? #787964
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    408 Squadron ORB entry:

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]254989[/ATTACH]

    From S/L Stewart’s Service file via Ancestry.com:

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]254990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]254991[/ATTACH]

    in reply to: General Discussion #230203
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    I was between jobs for three months last year, and despite my savings being below the threshold I could not receive JSA or Housing to cover my rent

    Why should taxpayers pay you to do nothing and pay the rent on your house?
    There are plenty of jobs at the jobcentre but obviously they are beneath you, could you not have taken a menial job, you know, the ones you think are only for immigrants from the EU?
    Does being a feckless socialist with a degree disbar you from doing a low paid job to make ends meet whilst looking for better, more suitable employment?

    in reply to: General Discussion #236834
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    Personally I only send words of sympathy to people who I know, privately. Posting comments on an obscure internet forum that the relatives of the people killed are never likely to see is pointless.
    “Standing with Manchester” might mean something to you but to me singing songs and holding hands isn’t going to make a blind bit of difference against people who murder little girls with nail bombs.

    in reply to: Looking for a Lancaster identitiy for my cousin #789954
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    It looks to have had the code “N”

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]251765[/ATTACH]

    http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12300/1638?r=0&s=4

    I can’t see his name flying with that aircraft but if you search from page 1638 when it is first mentioned you might find him.

    in reply to: Looking for a Lancaster identitiy for my cousin #790101
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    How sure are you that he flew with either of those two squadrons? The little bomb paintings on the right hand side usually denote the number of ops flown, five in this case. As far as I am aware neither 420 or 425 Squadron flew Lancasters on operations during the war. 420 Squadron were converting from Halifaxes to Lancasters during April ’45 and 425 Squadron only received their first Lanc on the 1st May 1945, the last Bomber Command Op was on the 2nd May.

    Pete

    in reply to: General Discussion #244496
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    At least read the article before you respond and try, and fail, to be clever, the article states the price increase is due to post vote currency changes, it’s not an article about profit.

    Why don’t you read the article in What Car magazine that the BBC has used for the basis of it’s article.

    These increases are thought to be partly a by-product of the Brexit vote which immediately knocked the value of the pound and consequently the cost of importing both cars and the raw materials that go into their production.
    However, they are also part of a longer-term trend which has seen manufacturers gradually reduce discounts and withdraw many of the most appealing 0% and low-rate interest finance deals as they seek to regain control of profit margins.

    “We knew average prices were going up, but rather than a gradual rise, our research has shown that there has been a perfect storm of elements that has conspired to create a big bang in price hikes,” explained What Car? editor Steve Huntingford.

    http://www.whatcar.com/news/motorists-feel-2-billion-pound-sting-as-car-prices-soar/

    in reply to: Headstone #806259
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    Anyone have a copy of “Bomber Command Losses, Vol. 7, Operational Training Units, 1940-1947”?

    Wellington R1767

    F/O J S Willis
    Sgt G Newman
    Sgt T F R J Roch
    Sgt F G Coster
    F/S R E Elms

    T/O Finningley for night cross country. Dived into ground from very low altitude at Horseway about 1mile NE of Chatteris. Seconds prior to the crash, at 2110, a searchlight had illuminated the Wellington and it is believed the pilot was dazzled by the brightness and became disorientated.

    Pete

    in reply to: Porky Pies beware as ever HP/0100 #815944
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    But the OP and others are inferring that the seller is a liar and that it is a fake i.e. a counterfeit or imitation reproduced to deceive, my argument is that if that was the case then the ‘artist’ would have taken greater care in his reproduction.

    in reply to: Porky Pies beware as ever HP/0100 #815953
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    Probably because you’d only ever seen a black-and-white photograph of it?

    Well you would at least see that the pupils weren’t black.

    in reply to: Porky Pies beware as ever HP/0100 #815965
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    If you were going to produce a fake to pass of as the original why would you paint it in the wrong colours?

    in reply to: General Discussion #250021
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    When did he get this mistaken belief that people give a f*ck about what he has to say?

    His continual rants, opinions and statements are becoming very tedious…..

    Maybe he has read, on here, the posts by yourself and your fellow whingers. You clearly give a f*ck or you wouldn’t devote your time to posting on this thread.
    Same with the DM, always seem to be up to speed with any contentious issues they print, but read it, no not me, never.

    in reply to: Logbooks #835299
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    Flying Logbooks are, as has been referred to here, technically official documents. As such they are Crown property, not that of the individual. The fact that everyone retains them does not change that.

    This is the reason that the logbooks of those killed in active service eventually found their way to the old MoD Repository at Hayes. It was during either the late 1970s or early 1980s that they did indeed offer them back to relatives and those that were not claimed were un-ceremonially bagged up and disposed of, despite the protestations of at least one notable aviation historian at the time who had privileged access to the facility. It is our firm belief that the logbooks of Lt Cdr Eugene Edmond DSO VC RN were amongst those disposed of as they have never surfaced since. A wanton, criminal act that quite honestly does not bear thinking about.

    That some individuals leave instructions for their historically-valuable logbooks to go under the hammer in the almost certain knowledge that they will end up in a private collection probably never to see the light of day again (many museums being so cash-strapped that they can ill-afford to splash out huge sums on such items) is lamentable. Peter Twiss had always intended his logbooks to be left to FAAM Yeovilton to go with the many other items on display there (he also being a former FAA pilot himself). A photocopy was asked for at one stage but he was adamant that they would get the originals ‘in due course’. Sadly, they too went for auction and have simply disappeared.

    I’m not sure this statement is correct. If the Logbook is no longer required for official purposes and you have been invited to claim it and do so and it has been released by the relevant authority then you have total possession of it. Have you any examples of the Crown asking for their wartime logbooks back? I can understand it if there was some political sensitivity in the entries in the logbooks e.g. V Force post war but if wartime ones were given to the airman themselves or their families, or the airmen and families have been asked to claim them then surely the Crown has no further claim.

    A bit of further information from the MOD:-

    Prior to the Second World War Flying Log Books of deceased officers and airmen were forwarded to next of kin when no longer required for official purposes. However, on the outbreak of war this practice was discontinued for the duration of hostilities. Flying Log books of missing or deceased aircrew during this period were forwarded to the RAF Central Repository at Colnbrook, Slough Bucks, where they were recorded and kept in safe custody. A slmilar practlce was observed tor the log books of personnel who were declared as prisoners of war.
    In Jan 1946 authority was given for the release of the log books of members of aircrew whose service ended in one of the following ways:
    (i) By discharge or release from the service.
    (ii) By Death.
    (iii) Subject to approval by permanent withdrawal from air crew duties.

    The next of kin of deceased air crew were invited to apply for their relatives Flying Log Book.
    Those Flying Log Books that remained after this at the Central Repository were retained after the war until 1960. At this point it was widely advertised to the public that the Flying Log Books still held could be claimed by airmen or their-next-of-kin. Of those left unclaimed a small number were preserved as examples, and these are now held at the National Archives in the Air 4 Series. The remainder were destroyed in late 1960.

    Pete

    in reply to: Logbooks #837035
    snailer
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    Hello
    There is an explanation from the National Archives as to what happened to them and that efforts were made for airmen to claim theirs should they wish to do so.
    AIR 4 as previously mentioned:-
    http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2059

    In 1959 the Particular Instance Paper Committee recommended the destruction, save for a few specimens, of log books remaining unclaimed in the Air Ministry despite announcements in the Press. Further announcements were then made through the Press and BBC stating that books not claimed by 15 September 1960 would be destroyed. Of the 6,400 shelf footage of log books, 20 feet were selected for preservation, aiming to illustrate: format of log books, types of flying training at home and abroad, aircrew trades, flying experience, operational flying experience, theatres of war, campaigns and operations. Also selected were: log books of distinguished pilots or members of distinguished squadrons, especially those detailing engagements with the enemy; of pilots with exceptional flying experience; and of foreign nationals flying with the RAF.

    Members of the fighting services engaged in flying duties are required to keep a personal record of flights undertaken by them. These records, known as ‘flying log books’, are declared by the Regulations to be official documents but the compilers are allowed, on ceasing to be employed and after all official action has been taken, to claim their log books. In the event of the death of the compiler on service provision is made for the log books to be claimed by next of kin.

    Pete

    Edited to add
    “In my searches, two important logbooks (to me) have gone missing; those of: Harald Penrose and Ron Gellatly.”

    Is this him? http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3003021 Description: Rank and Name: F/Lt. B.R. Galletly, Remarks: Helicopter pilot.

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