This all sounds like a similar spat involving Sopwith/Hector. Post No. 537 & 538 onwards. http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/replica-aircraft/36007-sopwith-snipe-project-54.html

The beautifully looked after War graves in France are well known, but I wonder how ‘remembered’ the British graves in other parts of the world are?
My Grandfather fought at the battle of Kut in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in 1916. He was captured and made POW. Escaped and recaptured. Then the Turks cut the soles of his feet. Nasty lot the Turks. Unsurprisingly, he didn’t escape again, and mainly wore slippers for the rest of his life, but at least he survived. We still have a hand written letter from the King sent to him on his eventual return to dear old Blighty in 1919. My Father took some photos of the gravestones of some of Grandad’s fallen pals during a business trip to Iraq in the 70’s. The graves were well kept back then, but a lot has happened since. Here’s a bit about the Kut battles:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kut

Funny how according to Wikipedia they were not fighting Turks, but ‘Ottomans’. Just as in WWII we apparently weren’t fighting Germans, but ‘Nazis’.

There is nothing more beautiful than a wooden glider.

Richard

I can think of quite a few things infinitely more beautiful than a glider, wooden or otherwise.

In that case its a total of 17 victories.

I am going on holiday in 3 weeks time and again I am stumped on which aviation related books to either take or order from amazon to take with me to read whilst sunning myself on the beach or most likely to be sat in the hotel bar whilst its raining.
So I am asking you all for your suggestions on this brain testing topic, my only stipulation is that the book subject must be historical aviation related between 1910 and 1960.

Thanking you all

Jay

It depends where you are going on holiday, doesnt it? For instance, if I was going to St Petersburg, I might read ‘The 900 Days;Siege of Leningrad’. If I was going to Malta, I might read ‘Fortress Malta’ or ‘Warburtons War’. Northern France, ‘King of Airfighters’ or ‘Flying Fury’. If, however, your going to Ibiza or Benidorm, you probably wouldnt be interested in any of my suggestions anyway.

Shipdham also has two grass strips.

Shipdham (unlicensed, trapped in a dairy farm and conflicted with Norwich ATC).

Trapped???? Conflicted with Norwich ATC ????
How?

Bushell, read my post again. This is a news item from 1937. We all know it was never dropped. It’s an interesting piece of history that never happened.

Oops!

Thanks, I feel better now.