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  • September 18, 2013 at 3:55 pm in reply to: And Now For Something Completely Different Thread MK3 #947497
    l.garey
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    This could be one of the other wings of that Dragon Rapide.

    http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc39/apollo-fox/DSCF0020b.jpg

    At Al Mahatta Museum Sharjah. Presumed “spare” wing from NF875/G-AGTM.

    September 18, 2013 at 2:01 pm in reply to: Save our Super Constellation from destruction ! #947660
    l.garey
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    I saw that too Monsieur Ancien. I am a bit too far away, but you are rather closer!

    September 18, 2013 at 10:58 am in reply to: Identity of crashed aircraft, Trucial Coast, 1947 #947936
    l.garey
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    As I said in post 26 I don’t know of any civil Blenheims at that time, if at all. SAAF? No idea, but I shall look to see what I can find. The simplest would be an RAF Blenheim, earlier than 1947 of course, but why can I not find any reference to this crash at Dhaid, which is by the way only 50km east of Sharjah?

    September 18, 2013 at 9:29 am in reply to: RAF Dakota KN633 #948043
    l.garey
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    Just to say I appreciate your efforts in this matter, Shaharom, but that from my own experience the MoD, including JCCC, can be frustrating if you are trying to get help from them. In a recent case in which I am involved the MoD claim to be relying on information from the British Embassy, and the embassy representative says that the case is closed. So where does one turn next? As Matt says above, the government/MoD does not seem to be willing to help much, if at all. I agree that the crew’s remains should be recovered and treated with the respect they deserve.
    I shall follow your efforts with interest.

    September 17, 2013 at 1:15 pm in reply to: Identity of crashed aircraft, Trucial Coast, 1947 #948696
    l.garey
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    Thanks Alan.
    Strange that there is no record of ANY crash in that area, war or post-war. The British authorities recorded RAF accidents quite well, as I found when investigating some other crashes around there.
    I have written to Tony Tubbenhauer who flew Blenheims from Sharjah in 1942 just in case he remembers anything relevant around that time.

    September 17, 2013 at 12:33 pm in reply to: Identity of crashed aircraft, Trucial Coast, 1947 #948834
    l.garey
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    I like your site, Alan.
    It looks like a Blenheim to me, comparing the two pictures. But I can’t find any reference to a Blenheim crash in the region, let alone in 1947. Are any of the other pieces in my pictures like anything from your wrecks? Do you have the remnants you found or recovered?

    September 17, 2013 at 9:57 am in reply to: Identity of crashed aircraft, Trucial Coast, 1947 #948895
    l.garey
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    I just saw this on http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/wales/walesl9039.htm

    Alan Clark: is this one of yours?

    An undercarriage frame from Blenheim L9039. Compare with the frame in the last photo in my post #1 (reposted as the second photo).

    Blenheim experts to the front please!

    September 17, 2013 at 9:13 am in reply to: The All New 2013 "Wot Plane" (see post 4 for rules) #948914
    l.garey
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    My Air Pictorials go back further than that!

    September 17, 2013 at 9:01 am in reply to: Identity of crashed aircraft, Trucial Coast, 1947 #949031
    l.garey
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    I doubt it, given that it seems to have a bomb release button (post 27).

    September 17, 2013 at 7:57 am in reply to: The All New 2013 "Wot Plane" (see post 4 for rules) #949055
    l.garey
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    I just checked my copy of Air Pictorial, March 1957: it shows the same photo and the text as in the Russian web page: A 1947 photograph illustrates the D.S. No. 1 Papillon (Moth), a Lebanese two-seat parasol monoplane (LR-AAP). Details unknown.

    On Pascal Brugier’s register site for Lebanon, is:

    LR-AAP D.S.No 1 PAPILLON 1 S-YRIE,LR-AAP, . . . . . . . . . . . D

    Note past identity of S-YRIE!! Also c/n 1 and D for destroyed.

    September 17, 2013 at 5:53 am in reply to: Identity of crashed aircraft, Trucial Coast, 1947 #949059
    l.garey
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    And the bottom line looks something like t 833593.

    September 17, 2013 at 5:47 am in reply to: The All New 2013 "Wot Plane" (see post 4 for rules) #949062
    l.garey
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    Do you know this site? Not Syria, but Lebanon.

    http://crimso.msk.ru/Site/Crafts/Craft31860.htm

    September 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm in reply to: Identity of crashed aircraft, Trucial Coast, 1947 #949867
    l.garey
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    Thanks, Mothminor. Will anyone recognise the numbers now?

    September 16, 2013 at 10:05 am in reply to: Identity of crashed aircraft, Trucial Coast, 1947 #950586
    l.garey
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    I’ve been checking the black Bakelite ring, and it seems clear that it is AM 5D/534, push button firing switch (bomb release). Just Google “AM ref 5D/534”, and there are photos. So maybe Blenheim after all, but not in 1947.

    September 15, 2013 at 9:35 am in reply to: Identity of crashed aircraft, Trucial Coast, 1947 #951703
    l.garey
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    I can’t find any reference to civilianised white Blenheims. The only white ones I know of were those of Coastal Command. Three crew would be correct, but the place and date don’t fit.

    Any possibility it could have been a Wellington of the Aden Communication Sqd that was used for passenger transport about 1947? Nothing about the photos that suggest a geodetic structure, but I am looking for any ideas!

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