The end of P2577 is worth telling even if it is not the subject of the photograph on e-bay.

I thank my Belgium contact for the following:

P.O. Young’s Hurricane crashed at Essene, 15 miles S.W. of Brussels. He was shot down by British troops. Young baled out, and was shot again whilst hanging from his parachute. When the troops ran to “capture” their victim, they realised they were terribly wrong. Young had several bullet wounds and the soldiers shouted “My god, he’s British”. Young replied: “No, in fact I’m South-African”.

He was evacuated to the UK and hospitalised, and passed away a few years ago as a AVM.

I now look forward to hearing about the demise of P2537.

If

http://www.battleofbritain.net/0042.html

is to be believed: P3577 of 303 Sqn Northolt was lost in the Thames estuary on Sept. 15 1940. Then P2577 looks the best candidate.

Have we got a fabric or aluminum-wing variant here?

Well, I’ll probably get ripped to pieces for this because its my first post but here goes anyway. When I worked at Croydon Airport, ‘The Prop’ was a bit of a dump. I’m amazed its taken 40-odd years for someone to demolish it.

Incoming!!!!

RB

No incoming fire RetreatingBlade but did the pub make a tribute to its past?
For example close to Martlesham Heath is the Black Tiles pub and the proprietors have always had a display of sorts as a tribute to some famous WWII fliers. I have not visited it for four years though.

Mostly in German and one needs to register:

http://www.luftwaffe-bullet-board.com/

Nothing here when you type in “raf northolt”:

http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/

The ops. room has never been open on open days.

It had for decades only two entrances. Now it wants four?!

Kev

The aerial pic of Ipswich Airport is almost covered with new housing, and shopping/recreational facilities, the area is totally unrecognisable apart from the newly refurbished Airport Lounge and Control Tower which had some preservation order put in place

Many of us wish that it was a refurbishment. Unfortunately it is a reconstruction and so is a pastiche of its former self. No longer does an arrivals and departures hall exist.