Lindholme Lincolns
Bigmal – Many thanks for that information. My Father had a lot of photographs pinched, just before he was de-mobbed, so has no record of the aircraft he worked on. It would be great to track down a Form 700 with his signature on, but I believe the RAF’s policy was to destroy these soon after the aircraft were disposed of. He also worked on Varsity’s, but I’ll leave that for another thread. I’ll ask him if he knew Jimmy Kendal.
Two stories that come up regularly: – Somebody came into the hanger where my Father was working, as white as a sheet, and said he thinks he’s just seen Lindholme Willy!.. or was it Charlie? Also, he often talks about Sqd. Ldr. Jack Curry, flying the Linc on one engine – that must have been an awesome sight.
Dakkg651 – Didn’t see anything, but I did get an eerie feeling when I sat in the rear turret!
ChiefofFairies – That’s excellent, thank you very much. Interesting to note that RF389 had red spinners. No problem with sending you the pic, although it will probably only be marginally better. The original is only 4” x 3” and you can only just make out the numbers on that, but I’ll try a higher resolution scan tonight when I get home. ‘Lincoln Histories’ is that a publication I can obtain? I wouldn’t mind looking up other Lindholme based Lincolns. My Father has ‘Lincoln at War’, which I see has just been reprinted.
Many thanks for the replies.
Dean.
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