No worries, replied to your PM.

Didn’t help Concorde, IIRC.

Seconded, looks very interesting, thanks for putting this info up.

Sure it wasn’t a Meteor?

My father carried beer kegs from the UK and documents back from Nuremburg immediately post war in Mosquitos with no reported ill affects on the undercarriage, so beer kegs OK too.

According to the legend / accepted wisdom, the beer was in modified wing tanks. Do you know if this is correct, or were more practical methods found?

TIA

For the record, I have no particular axe to grind with the 8th. My own mother was one of those kids calling “Got any gum, chum?” to the wounded USAAF airmen recuperating in the hospital down the way.

I also don’t need to be a BC apologist to read Davis’ work on USAAF bombing and draw the natural conclusions.

Hard to put this delicately, but no-one’s yet mentioned that the Tuskegee Airmen will have to put in an appearance somehow (don’t know where, don’t know wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen), as no American studio is going to make a big-budget series with all white faces.

Similarly, some female character is going to have to have an inordinate / unrealistic amount of influence. Possibly an American woman in the U.K. ATA who gets some character or another over his fear of X, or who sneaks along on an operation and shoots down a fighter.

All targets will be precision targets. Any bombs which miss (due to weather) will squib off in fields or rivers.

Has anyone yet mentioned that there has to be some captured German officer who will either be a raving Nazi, hence reminding the boys of why they are there, or contrite and expressing deep respect for the bombers, hence reminding the boys of why they are there.

A local village bobby will demonstrate a gruff exterior over a heart of gold, possibly following a pub scene.

Complaints about the weather will be lodged regularly, generally followed remarks about back home.

Waist gunners will kiss religious medals before using un-gloved hands to tuck them back in their flying jackets. Similarly, the station padre will face difficult questions about why God is allowing the war to occur. He may come up with a stirring answer just before the situation for the USAAF improves. Similarly, a rough member of one denomination will eventually grow to respect a member of a different denomination. This may even extend to the two characters involved being members of different religions. Sikhs, however, will not appear.

Very enjoyable stuff – not only the aircraft and the men but also the airfield equipment, with those large RAF roundels.

I’ve long wanted to do a model of a 488 Sq. Mosquito, one coded ME.G (my wife Meg likes Mosquitos too) but I’ve never been able to find the appropriate serial. If you ever do find an appropriate photo, or logbook reference, I’d be very grateful.

Hi Graham,

Don’t know if I’ve suggested this before, but you could do an FB.VI of 487 Sqn. Would be M-EG from the port side. HP852 and SZ985 were both M.