OK, Fatcivvy, that’s it (almost). Two were converted at Cambridge, three at Hatfield. This is N9910F (ex PF678) converted in 1956. The photo (by Peter Foote) is labelled Hurn, 15/10/57. I saw it at Cambridge in 1958 with N9870F (RG233). They were broken up there in 1960. Belonged to Jack Amman, for use in Libya for high altitude photography.
Your turn
Heads or tails?


Melv: Here’s a link to a photo of the very narrow pilot’s seat right in the pointed nose of the Rapide. Maybe you were on the lady’s lap. Lucky you.
http://www.antiqueairfield.com/articles/show/72-dehavilland-dragon-rapide-project-photos
Alan and Melv:
The Dragon Rapide only had one pilot’s seat, on the midline. Or was there a modification?
Is that fin of Canadair G-ALHY or possibly that of Hermes G-ALDY in the first picture?
Sorry Mike! I’ll leave it on over the weekend and solve it Monday, if no-one gets there first.
No takers? Five of these PR34s were given civil registrations in 1956. The two I saw at Cambridge in 1958 were an elegant dark blue overall with the US flag on the fin and the UK one on the nose. So, back to the photo I posted: where was it taken, and what were these pretty machines used for?
Or rather Super Cub.
PS: I like the notice: Under repairs Land at own risk.
Here’s a Gnat that didn’t get away. An Indian Ajeet captured in Pakistan.

As time is passing, here is a first clue: I saw this Mosquito at Cambridge in 1958, together with its twin. What were they doing there, what mark is it (which will guide you to guessing what their job was) and when and where was the wotplane photo taken?
More tomorrow if no-one gets it.
Well done Mike. The Stars and Stripes are the clue. But not in 1944. And not Mount Farm.
What Mark? What other Mosquitos had the US thing on their fin? And maybe a UK flag on the nose?
Not there yet!
(PS I put it in Google Images and it did not help!)
A bit of a wing of one of those (I suspect from G-AGTM, now at Sharjah)

This one might live to see another day

That fin looks just about finished
OK Thomas. I did in fact recognise it, as I have a photo of it as CCCP-0001. It was when I saw more that just the tail that I guessed it was the Nemunas.
In the spirit of an “easy, what, where, when” challenge:
No prizes for finding the type, but can you tell me the Mark, and when, where and why?
Usually I prefer to use my own photos, but not this time: I have not tried putting it in Google Images!
