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  • November 16, 2012 at 1:25 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #969286
    l.garey
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    Let it come, Tony. I think someone feels they can say just ANYTHING to keep us quiet and get away with it. If that is not true, maybe they will tell us!

    Andy: will we ever get the truth? Only if people are honest with us.

    November 16, 2012 at 7:32 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #969595
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    To try to get some answers from the British authorities in Cairo about actions they or the MOD are taking (or not taking) to resolve the question of the recovery and identification (or not) of the human remains found by the Italian team in the desert (see my post 161, above), I have written three times to Capt Collins, the Defence Attaché, and have received no answers or even acknowledgements. Yesterday (and again today) I sent an email to the ambassador, James Watt, but received the message that the embassy mailbox is full!!

    Although my primary concern remains the fate of Dennis Copping, I wonder if there is any news about the fate of the Kittyhawk wreck, the last I heard of it being in a container at El Alamein.

    November 15, 2012 at 4:41 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #970324
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    I have today received a long letter from my MP. It doesn’t add anything, but I quote :–
    “the Government is fully aware of this case. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has stated that its representative in the British Embassy in Cairo is in contact with the team which discovered the body and it understands that investigations are under way in Egypt to identify the human remains”

    I have received news today to the effect that, in spite of what PeterVerney’s MP says, the team that found the human remains has NOT been contacted by the British Embassy in Cairo, and that the bones have NOT been given to anyone for analysis.

    November 15, 2012 at 3:25 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #970492
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    Tradition is that the Bedouins do not touch the corpses unknown

    This is not their tradition in my experience. See my post 95, above: in the case of Owen Watkinson they treated his body with respect and buried him close to where he died. I am assured by local friends that this is typical of their tradition, especially with regard to a fallen soldier.

    November 15, 2012 at 2:06 pm in reply to: Scanning large negatives #443975
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    Thanks for the reply. I’ve tried fiddling with extra lighting and various tricks, but it seems I can only scan a 35mm wide strip of any large negative. That is fine in some cases where there is a lot to crop. but where I want the whole frame it’s not on. I guess I shall have to look around at a new solution!

    November 15, 2012 at 2:01 pm in reply to: Photos: WW2 battle damage & accidents #970577
    l.garey
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    Thanks Adrian

    November 15, 2012 at 1:12 pm in reply to: Photos: WW2 battle damage & accidents #970654
    l.garey
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    Airspeed Horsa:
    You mention 120 film in connection with some of these photos. I have a number of my black and white pictures on 120 and 2.25 square film. How can I scan them? I have an Epson V350 scanner which takes 35mm, but I can’t get it to scan anything wider than 35mm.
    Any ideas? Thanks

    November 15, 2012 at 6:12 am in reply to: Macchi C.202 Photos #970986
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    PhantomII: This was taken in 1943 after the Allies took the Benghazi area. Dozens of Italian and German aircraft were abandoned there, so many had bits missing.
    https://sites.google.com/site/lgarey/benghazigraveyard

    November 14, 2012 at 3:54 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #971935
    l.garey
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    I have today received a long letter from my MP. It doesn’t add anything, but I quote :–

    “As you are aware, some human remains have been discovered five miles from his plane. However, you will be pleased to hear that the Government is fully aware of this case. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has stated that its representative in the British Embassy in Cairo is in contact with the team which discovered the body and it understands that investigations are under way in Egypt to identify the human remains.

    The MOD has offered its assurances that it is in close contact with Flt Sgt Copping’s family and will continue to keep them informed of developments.”

    1. Who is this representative in Cairo? Capt Collins?
    2. In “contact with” which team, the Italians or the Poles?
    3. Who in Egypt is “to identify the human remains”?
    4. How will they do that? Have they recovered the bones found by the Italians? Do they have control samples from family members of Dennis Copping?
    5. Is the MOD really in “close contact” with the family?

    November 14, 2012 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #972046
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    And once again I say that if we do not get hold of the “Italian” bones, or others, we shall not be able to confirm or deny that they are those of Dennis Copping.
    No conspiracy, just a determined effort to get to the truth for the family’s sake.

    November 14, 2012 at 1:06 pm in reply to: Ian Allan British Civil Aircraft Markings! #972050
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    Banupa: I note that you also flew in Valetta VW197 in 1960. I just beat you to it, taking it from Blackbushe-Ypenburg-Brussels on 17 July 1959 on an ATC “Overseas Visit”, with return on 10 August.
    Here it is at Blackbushe on the way out.

    November 14, 2012 at 7:44 am in reply to: Macchi C.202 Photos #972535
    l.garey
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    A front view this time: I would go for a 202!

    November 14, 2012 at 7:08 am in reply to: Macchi C.202 Photos #972560
    l.garey
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    Here is another of Tony’s photos. Is this a C.202 or 205?

    November 14, 2012 at 7:01 am in reply to: Macchi C.202 Photos #972568
    l.garey
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    Perhaps not quite what you are looking for, but an interesting photo of the tail of a C.202, taken in the Benghazi “graveyard” by Tony Tubbenhauer in 1943.

    November 14, 2012 at 6:02 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #972678
    l.garey
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    To all this speculation about whether Dennis’s body was removed from his cockpit we might add one more possibility: perhaps he was indeed killed on impact and buried, not 5 km from the site, but under some rocks closer to his aircraft, rather as I described for Owen Watkinson (post 95, above). But that would imply more careful exploration around the site.

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