Originally posted by Moggy C

it only becomes evident as you get closer that the walls are covered with the names of those whose bodies have never been identified.

Moggy

Not wishing to be disrespectful in any shape or form but, if the bodies have never been identified how do they know who was there??

Too right! 😀 😀

My point exactly! so why not the same discussion with that as correct shades of paint?

I for one find it difficult to check paint shades in photographs anyway because there is such differences in processing, unless you go to a professional developer & then if you had differing lens settings & film speeds they can alter it all again, the other thing to think of is when spraying paint different mixes, thinners, air pressures, viscosities can all affect the finished job so, best we accept what we see & enjoy it for what it is rather than what we personally think it should be.

I think now looking back Ian must have taken them, & had a quick development done and they went back to NL on the F27 & were used at the board of enquiry held by the Dutch Airforce, a little whisper, they had only in the last few weeks prior to the accident made the second & final payment for the aircraft! and, then promptly cancelled the hull insurance!! As you can imagine, they were not happy bunnies.
We had a training day when it was flying again which was eventful, Peter Monk came over to Soesterberg with his Harvard G-BUKY ( went to Breighton then on to the States) & all the pilots had check rides flying from the rear seat of Peters Harvard before flying the Spitfire again so the Harvard took off did a circuit flew the approach without the gear down got to about 6’ from the ground before the pilot realised the gear was not down so he powered up & flew round to make a perfect landing (this was a guy who had a serious number of hours in Harvards!) Peters face while this was happening was a sight I will never forget!
Another one of the guys nearly put it off the side of the runway on landing. He was NOT allowed a second flight.

As Mark 12 has now told me the pictures were taken by Peter Mourmans, but I didn’t think he was in the country when it happened. I was there the next day & met the RLNAF F27 & he came over on that I am sure. Still as stated, It’s history!!
I think possibly they may have been taken by Ian Mcleod who was with Jet Aviation at Manston, he was also QC for Nostalgic Flying who contacted me to do the survey & subsiquently the rebuild in the Nederlands at Soesterberg Air Base.
Cheers………….

Sorry, maybe I should have reduced them, too late now…..:o

I’m now running out!