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April 4, 2004 at 11:29 am in reply to: Mustang Guessing game this time #1809495

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The other Spit was MK732 marked as 322 Sqn. OU-U. Was this MH434 by the way? I cannot remember if it was and the photo doesn’t show enough of the markings.

The bombers (B-17, B-25(s?), Grumpy may have been there as well) were parked further away on the apron, with the collection of Dakotas, and the Blenheim was in a hangar on the other side of the apron. My job that day was marshalling the fighters around, so I didn’t get the chance to take photos of the other aircraft.

April 4, 2004 at 11:26 am in reply to: Mustang Guessing game this time #1809500

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P-51 SE-BKG, in temporary Dutch East Indies markings just before engine shut-down. The aircraft was operated by the DBAF for two seasons on loan from its Swedish operator. During the first seasons these markings were applied using sheets of stick-on material. It looked pretty convincing (I think the shark mouth stayed on a bit longer as the owner liked that addition). The only giveaway was the tip of the spinner that quickly tried to revert to yellow! (The spinner was painted)

April 4, 2004 at 11:22 am in reply to: Mustang Guessing game this time #1809519

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The P-47 parking after its aborted attempt:

April 4, 2004 at 11:22 am in reply to: Mustang Guessing game this time #1809535

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Moose:

April 4, 2004 at 11:21 am in reply to: Mustang Guessing game this time #1809539

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Just a few more images then:

April 4, 2004 at 11:20 am in reply to: Mustang Guessing game this time #1809559

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A bit late in revealing the answer, but the winner is……. Mike J

On 17th September 1994 the Duke of Brabant Airforce (Robbo found out that they were involved) organised the aerial side of the celebrations surrounding the 50th anniversary of operation Market Garden. A complete collection of aircraft was gathered at Eindhoven Airbase (home of the DBAF, the hangars way in the background should have given this one away) with the purpose of providing ‘air cover’ for the celebrations going on in several places between Eindhoven and Arnhem.

Now as you can see on the photo above, the weather was absolutely appalling that day. So what happened was that almost every sortie planned got cancelled. Three aircraft did take off, all with Dutch pilots who knew the area, but they returned pretty quickly after a few low flypasts (photo below), not having been able to find the column of vehicles that was recreating the journey to Arnhem.

The Thunderbolt was started, taxied to the runway but returned. The rest didn’t even try.

In the end it turned out to be a nice gathering of pilots, mechanics and members of the DBAF. The bar was opened early, the BBQ was set up under cover and somehow it got to be quite late before everything went quiet! 😀

April 2, 2004 at 10:58 pm in reply to: Mustang Guessing game this time #1811142

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You’re getting warmer Robbo! Now all you need is an event that was worth celebrating. Enough to get this Mustang, plus ‘Moose’, the P-47, two Spits, a Beech 18, Sally B, the Blenheim and four or five Dakotas together (plus probably a couple more that I’ve forgotten).

That’s the last hint by the way, if nobody’s guessed it by tomorrow we’ll have to move on! 😀

Good night all! 😉

p.s.: I couldn’t find it through Google, and I know the answer! 😀

April 2, 2004 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Mustang Guessing game this time #1811932

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I don’t ‘do’ Mustangs

Ah yes, forgotten about that, sorry!

It is Dutch East Indies colours though, so that has the merit of originality

That’s why I figured it would make an interesting quiz object. The color scheme was short-lived for a couple of reasons, and therefore not seen by many. I’ll leave the question open for a little while longer and post the answer sometime tonight or tomorrow (now don’t you all go and wait for that!!! 😀 )

April 2, 2004 at 1:59 pm in reply to: Mustang Guessing game this time #1812093

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Hmm, bit quiet here, so perhaps a hint or two is in order.

Robbo You found the original N3-615, your guess at the location and date is wrong though I’m afraid (and I wasn’t looking for which aircraft anyway! Figured that that was the easy part 😀 )
Ant No, not the SHF’s example
Slybird You are correct, however that was not the answer we were looking for.
Aileron Roll Haven’t seen that movie, but I don’t think it is related to this.

So, in summary: the paint scheme is not that significant to the answers, although it dates the photo (hint 1)!
Hint 2: it wasn’t a real airshow, it was a pretty significant date though.

Let’s see if this helps. Any ideas yet JDK?;)

April 1, 2004 at 7:42 pm in reply to: Mystery involving a Spitfire #1814087

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Originally posted by JDK
Thanks Archer, you made me happy anyways.

Always a pleasure! And I’m working on part three in the meantime so you’d better get prepared!! 😀

April 1, 2004 at 7:13 pm in reply to: Mystery involving a Spitfire #1814198

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Originally posted by JDK
Archer, you also had a fair stab at it. 🙂 No, you are wrong though. 😉 My revenge is therefore complete. 😎

I figured that if I didn’t even try you would be hugely disappointed. This is a subject that I cannot really compete in though, as I’m not that familiar with UK airfields. My guess was therefore constructed using Google.

I figure I at least got the year right, and perhaps Mark12 had it right when he mentioned Eastleigh. Now Google also tells me that PL983 was built there, so putting 1 and 1 together….. was there anything organised at Eastleigh that required a Spit to be in attendance during 1988??

April 1, 2004 at 3:59 pm in reply to: Mystery involving a Spitfire #1814656

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Hmm, complete guess then: Headcorn airfield, 1988-ish, filming of ‘Piece of Cake’

So, am I close?:cool:

April 1, 2004 at 8:24 am in reply to: Catalina Guessing Game #1816186

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And the winners are……………

Graeme C half a point for guessing the country and identity of the restoring group
HP57 for correctly identifying both aircraft, but Soesterberg seemed to throw some people off track
warbird full marks for identifying both aircraft, getting the location right and taking the trouble to sign up specially for this purpose!!! (correction: he was already registered, but still this seems to be his first post) 😎

JDK Special mention for most geographically wrong guess 😀

More info and photos here: Neptune Association Website, and to answer the ‘when’: January 2003. More photos of this day (including the Tracker that was also part of the lineup) on the website.

Hmm, need to find another photo now…………:rolleyes:

March 31, 2004 at 4:06 pm in reply to: Catalina Guessing Game #1817342

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I’ll leave this thread alive for now, not all of us have access to the internet during working hours!

May post the answer later tonight, otherwise tomorrow morning.

March 29, 2004 at 4:19 pm in reply to: Blue Hurricane! #1822368

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Originally posted by Stieglitz
This machine was payware, so I think they will have investigated the coulorscheme properly.

I have no experience with Aeroplane Heaven, but that statement sure doesn’t cover all the payware stuff that’s out there!
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