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  • April 18, 2016 at 7:56 am in reply to: Avro Lancaster B.VI Info? #885532
    l.garey
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    Isn’t that the Tyne Lincoln in 1956? I recall seeing it there. I still have a photo I took of that flyxpast on one engine.

    April 1, 2016 at 9:40 am in reply to: Stencil on early Mann Egerton aircraft #898227
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    I’m going to answer my own question, as I have managed to blow up the IWM photo enough to read: MANN EGERTON & CO LTD, AIRCRAFT WORKS, NORWICH, ENGLAND. I’ll leave the post on though in case it is of interest to anyone, or in case I made a mistake (eg in the “& CO LTD bit).

    April 1, 2016 at 9:02 am in reply to: P-47's with German drop tanks #898339
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    It also says: “Sofort bei nächste …” (Immediately on next …). So it was intended for reuse!

    March 30, 2016 at 5:31 am in reply to: Two-pilot operations in Wellingtons #899766
    l.garey
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    Thanks for the further information.

    March 29, 2016 at 5:25 pm in reply to: Two-pilot operations in Wellingtons #900169
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    Thanks for the picture, Dr S. Thanks Graham for the information. So, I presume that even if a second pilot was carried on Wellington operations, he would not have had dual controls. Would he even have a right hand seat? I have been looking at the ORBs for 75 Squadron for 1940-1941 and just about every flight was 6-man: captain, second pilot, WO, Nav and two gunners.

    March 25, 2016 at 7:57 am in reply to: Desert Air Force Survivors #902660
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    Malcolm: A long story, dealt with over several threads. Briefly, the Italian team found some human bones about 8km from the wreck site. I arranged with our local forensic scientists to analyse these bones (DNA and histology), but we were never able to recover them. The MoD said at one stage that they had been examined in Cairo and found “unsuitable” for analysis. There was also mention of a “second set” of bones. Both these assertions seem rather doubtful, and now everything seems to have disappeared. I don’t know where these bones are now, and I don’t know anyone who knows. Still shrouded in mystery.

    March 17, 2016 at 6:48 am in reply to: Bremen Memorial #907472
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    Thanks for posting that Sabrejet. As J Boyle says there have been a number of highlighted accidents concerning sports teams. One that seems not to have been so well publicised, perhaps because not featuring an internationally famous team, was that involving Valetta WJ474 on 6 January 1954 at Aldbury on route from Bovingdon to Thorney Island with an RAF rugby team. Sixteen died, and the one survivor was later my flying instructor.

    March 16, 2016 at 9:40 am in reply to: 80 Spitfires? #908074
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    Mk XIV SG-31 at Beauvechain in July 1959 before recovery as RN201.

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    March 14, 2016 at 5:45 am in reply to: Vintage jet display photos #909764
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    merlin70: your photo is of the two prototype Vulcans (VX770 and 777) with the four Avro 707s in 1953. Nice picture too. Mine is of two operational Vulcans (note the kinked leading edges). According to Scramble they were probably XA904 and 906, and the Valiants XD822 and 868.

    March 13, 2016 at 9:13 am in reply to: Vintage jet display photos #910353
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    Nice photos! Here’s one of mine, this time with 4 V-bombers, although only 2 types- Farnborough 1957. Usual apology for poor quality, but due to my cheap equipment at the time.

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    March 4, 2016 at 6:50 am in reply to: An interesting individual #917496
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    Quite a story. And he lived to be 92.

    February 28, 2016 at 2:33 pm in reply to: Swiss Vampire J1649 #921749
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    Darren: J-1649 is a Venom: I was referring to my old post on J-1105, as quoted. Sorry for any confusion!

    February 28, 2016 at 7:53 am in reply to: Swiss Vampire J1649 #922088
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    Not a Venom (as in the text), but a Swiss Vampire (as in the title) boom that I posted in 2013:
    http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?125774-Swiss-Vampire-J-1105&highlight=roche

    February 25, 2016 at 11:14 am in reply to: Help Needed to ID Beauforts and Beaufighters #923883
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    Reevers: so was it 7601 not 1701, or were there 2 marked A-19?

    D1566: I can’t see T3229 in the list of RAF-serialled Beaufighters on http://www.adf-serials.com.au/beaufighter.htm
    Just Googling “Beaufighter T3229” gives me ditched off Lisbon or captured at Casablanca 1.5.41. Which is correct I wonder!

    February 25, 2016 at 6:02 am in reply to: Help Needed to ID Beauforts and Beaufighters #924108
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    A19 was the serial series for RAAF Beaufighters, but 1701 seems too high.

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