Bomb release, safe or live.

HI.
The spools mentioned are normally locked and the pins are pulled out when the bomb is dropped. To jettison bombs safe, the bomb aimer puts the fusing switch from ‘live’ to ‘safe’. the spools are free to revolve allowing the bombs to fall with the pins in situ.

Ken

Hi.
The third item at the top looks like aflexible pipe for either oil air or fuel. The third at top is definately a cooling fan from pump, cooling moor or generator.

Ken

Hi.
Regarding the wind in aerial on the Anson. When I was doing my square bashing at Bridge North, one day we senior men were told to report to the Guard Room for a dirty job at Cosford. At the Guard room we boarded an Anson
On the pan was an Avro Anson ticking over and we were duly put on board. I ended up next to the pilot amid jeers from the lads! The pilot said, “You’r not going to sit there doing nothing, you can wind then undercarriage up. There was a huge wheel at the side of my seat, it took thirty turns down and thirty turns up!

Ken.

Isle of Wight RailwayI

I have built part of the Isle of Wight railway in “OO” Three sides of a bedroom,
4x4x4M. All the points are operated from a central board. All the buildings are Metcalfe. I’ll try and rustle up some photo’s.

Ken Garner.

The book I am reading.

I have just finished Legion of The Damned, by Sven Hassel. (George Allen and Unwin) A story of the sheer waste of German youth and man power towards the end of the war. Frightening!

Ken

Birching.

Scrap the human rights act, and bring back birching and public capital punishment…

HI.
When I was doing my national service, we were changing for PT and the lad next to me had a series of scars accross his back, I quissed himand he tlod me he got the birch when he was fourteen and he never put a foot wrong since. Please Please bring it back.

Ken

Air museums in England

Hi.
If you’r in Dumfries and Galloway, call in at the Dumfries Aviation Museum. There are quite a number of aircraft, they are not roped off and you can sit in some of them. There is also a three story control tower packed full of aviation history, Many jet engines and again nothing is roped off. This time of the year it is open on Saturdays and Sunday. May to September, open Wednesday to Sunday.

Ken

Special Constables

Hi.
I was Special with the Grimsby Contabulary for eight years in the sixties and enjoyed every minute of it. Felt a few collars in my time and didn’t get bruised once!

Ken