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October 22, 2010 at 9:03 pm in reply to: Stealth Bomber model #1099543

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Ian,

These threads on a modelling forum might be of interest also…

Indeed they are, thanks. Very interesting background information there.

October 22, 2010 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Stealth Bomber model #1099914

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XM692,

That’s superb, thanks. I knew someone on here would know the answer, and I can’t believe it took as long as 43 minutes! 🙂 Seriously though, thanks very much for the quick answer which has put me out of my misery.

October 5, 2010 at 11:04 am in reply to: What Aircraft Propellor? #1119071

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Anne,

That’s superb. Thanks for that!

October 4, 2010 at 4:19 pm in reply to: What Aircraft Propellor? #1120035

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Sorry to hijack the thread, but what would blades with the drawing number RA25917-14 be from?

September 10, 2010 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Battle of Britain film #1152353

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That’s interesting guys, thanks. Clearly these booklets aren’t as rare as I thought they might be.

June 28, 2010 at 6:04 am in reply to: Chain Home Low Radar #1101250

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Subsequent investigation & a visit to google earth confimed it to be a Chain Home Low site

Just a small point of pedantry, but this site was not a CHL station, but rather was CD/CHL. CHL was operated by the RAF and used completely different building types, whereas CD/CHL was primarily Army and used principally to plot shipping for coast artillery.

Not that one, but I regularly drive past the fairly substantial remains of the one at Otterburn Moss in Northumberland

The site at Ottercops Moss was not CHL but CH – very different indeed. There was never any CHL at Ottercops.

May 30, 2010 at 8:38 pm in reply to: RAF radar #1133908

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Thank you, bazv. That link is very helpful. I think that I can safely assume that the badge amongst my father-in-law’s possessions came from his wife and she, in turn, had it in consequence of her service in the WRAF as a radar operator at RAF Truleigh Hill during the last war.

This badge was worn by both Radar Operators and Mechanics on ground radar stations during the war. The male personnel were in the RAF, the female in the WAAF (the WRAF was only set up after the war). The badge was worn as a shoulder flash, on the top of the sleeve at the shoulder.

April 6, 2010 at 9:06 pm in reply to: Dover Radar Masts #1123401

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I don’t know what the current situation is, living near the other end of the country. However, of the three towers which used to be there, one was certainly not original to the site and this could impede any efforts at preservation. It seems pointless preserving a tower there which was not at that location during the war, when a more complete example exists at Great Baddow which is also not at its original location.

July 27, 2009 at 9:23 pm in reply to: WW2 Radar – ACO systems #1166400

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Bob,

Your best starting ponit would be to get a copy of ‘Echoes Over The Pacific’ by Ed Simmonds and Norm Smith (ISBN 0 646 24323 3) Which covers the ACO stations and much else besides.

July 15, 2009 at 7:07 pm in reply to: mystery windscreen #1179017

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Cees,

Sorry, I can’t see anything on a Avenger dorsal turret that looks like this. Do you have a picture you could post to show what you mean?

July 14, 2009 at 6:17 pm in reply to: mystery windscreen #1180782

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Robert,

Thanks. Funnily enough, this was one of the earliest ones I thought of, but thanks to the RAF Museum I’ve been able to rule it out. Would’ve been very nice if they were Welkin windscreens!

July 14, 2009 at 2:09 pm in reply to: mystery windscreen #1181115

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Phil,

‘Fraid not. I’ve checked against the cockpit frame and it is a very different shape and size.

July 14, 2009 at 11:09 am in reply to: mystery windscreen #1181277

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Ross,

Thanks. I had thought of this – I’m only aware of Corsairs and Hellcats at Macmerry, and its certainly not from a Corsair. I still need to check, but I’m not sure about the Hellcat either. Nonetheless, thansk for the suggestion – if you know of any other types that were there, I’ll certainly see what I can find out.

July 13, 2009 at 9:18 pm in reply to: mystery windscreen #1181726

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Hi,

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I can’t be certain without measurements, but I’m slightly sceptical about the possibilities you’ve suggested. This has come from a yard in East Lothian and there are another dozen or two there, so I assume (perhaps wrongly) that it is from a type that was operated in the area in reasonably large numbers. Whilst it could be either of the suggestions already made, it would seem strange if loads of B25 or Shackleton gunner’s armoured glass panels had ended up there.

Thanks very much for the suggestions but in view of the above, are there any more possibilities?

July 8, 2009 at 7:30 pm in reply to: Propeller blade identification please #1187376

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Hi,

The following information comes from Anneorac in answer to a query I made to her some time ago.

RA10160 were used on R23/4B6/4 props fitted to Firebrand Mks. III, IV & V.

So what you’ve got there is a wooden Firebrand propeller.
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