Someone at work asked me today which DC3 it was that Hughie Green flew/operated after the war. The only thing I could find out about him (without looking too far) was that he flew Catalinas out of the Clyde. Anyone got any further info about his flying exploits after the war. A reg would be great if possible…and I mean that most sincerely folks! Cheers all.

Keith

Hughie Green eh? Many of these youngsters won’t know who he is! Of course this may not be a bad thing. 🙂 Bring on Monica Rose – that’s what I say. Wonder if she’s still alive?

There was an article about him in A***pl*ne monthly many years ago. IIRC He said on “Double Your Money” that was a ferry pilot on B-24s for a while and the article also said that at some point he (as a Flight Lieutenant?) commanded a small unit unit of RAF PB2Y Coronados on ASW in the Carribbean somewhere (there were pix of this). Post war I have no idea – but did you see the bits on Google about Hughie having a role in the reporting of the Roswell Incident (or not) in 1947?

Rob / Kansan

Limited (ie fairly useless) advice from the other siode of the Atlantic – I have an HP Scanjet (3500 something – I forget) which makes a very acceptable job of scanning 35mm slides (individually or a couple at a time) and 35mm negatives in strips. Cost about 150 bucks from a well known american office equipment shop. Heaven knows what it costs back in Blighty.

It’s very useful for scanning the negatives that wal-mart forgot (good film title!)

Rob / Kansan

Off-Topic – Strategic Air and Space Museum

I do believe that all airplanes at the Sac Museum are located inside.

They are – the thing is, the B-17F in question (B-17F-50-DL 42-3374 painted as s/n 42-30230, “Homesick Angel” 562BS/388BG)
is not at the SAC Museum (or even the Strategic Air and Space Museum) – it’s sitting outside STRATCOM (formerly SAC) at the Capehart Road entrance to Offutt AFB.

The B-17 at the SASM (B-17G-85-DL [DB-17P drone controller] 44-83559 painted in 96th BG colours now – was painted as “King Bee” of 100BG) is a different airframe entirely.

But yes, everything else (including XM573 but excepting the missiles outside the front door) is undercover

R/K

XM606 in Louisiana

XM606 Eighth Air Force Museum, USA

There are some pics here:

http://airpower.callihan.cc/HTML/Spotlight/avrovulcan.htm

No idea how old the pix are – only just found them – XM 606 looks to have been partially repainted at some point since the serial number and fin flash are missing. I have no idea what Katrina did to the museum – the website is under construction, which sounds ominous.

That covers the three American Vulcans so I’ll shut up now. 😀

Rob / Kansan

A number of preserved Vulcans have been repainted in some form of other over the past 20 years following their retirement…here is the list of what I have..does anyone have more updated information on the others…

XM573 Strategic Air Command Museum, Nebraska, USA

I saw XM573 a while ago and it hadn’t been re painted. It was looking a little faded from its time outside in the Nebraska summers and winters. It’s inside now – IIRC the Strategic Air and Space Museum (was SAC Museum) has been inside since 1998-ish.

OT – Now if the USAF could get the B-17F down the road at Offutt AFB indoors that’d be nice too. AFAIK It’s still sitting in the open

Rob / Kansan

I have just recieved three such files, which were ordered nearly a year ago, and I need to pay $30.20 to the US Army Human Resources Command either by a cheque or money order in US Dollars.

My Building Society can’t do either in US Dollars, so can anyone here who has had dealings with the above reccomend the best/cheapest bank etc. to go to where theey can do cheques or money orders in US Dollars?

I hope this isn’t too off topic for ‘Historic’ but the crew did lose their lives in 1944, and I doubt anyone with the relevant experience would see it on ‘GD’.

Cheers

Geoff.

Hi Geoff,

Not in connection with the above, but my family occasionally send money orders from British banks (birthday presents, y’know) in US Dollars. (e.g. my Dad uses his local Natwest) I think all the big clearing banks do it, but it’ll cost you between five or ten quid, I think.

Note. Make sure they write the date in the format 5 October 2005 (ie write the moneth as a word) because as you know the USA reverses the day and month (today it’s 10/4/05 in the USA and 4/10/05 in the UK) and US banks *can* get stroppy about dates they don’t understand – in my experience a bank here (which admittedly is in the boonies) refused to pay in a money order with a date they thought was in the future. Had to turn the accent up full for that one!! 😀

Rob / Kansan

Pete – never seen the Beech 18 Bus, have seen a C47 on a school bus chassis…

On American ebay a few weeks ago a specialist coachbuilding firm was offering a Boeing 727 fuselage (okay, the front half of a 727 fuselage) already mounted on a chassis from a Mercedes-Benz bus.

[Edit – it’s still there. Item number 4579294255] http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Boeing-727-Jet-Limo-Tour-Bus-Limousine-Billboard-YOU_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6728QQitemZ4579294255QQrdZ1

Isn’t this how several historic types were recovered? Having been turned into caravans, houseboats, etc?

What goes around, may come back around. Wonder how a Canberra nose might suit a small-block chevrolet engine? 😀

Rob/Kansan