The section pictured was recovered by myself and some collegues from Nostell priory nr. wakefield where it had been displayed, We became “involved ” with YAM and subsequently the then “Halifax Project” I donated the section of fuselage after displaying it at several airshows over the years,the then commitee decided that it was of no use to the project and i believe it was scrapped without any thought( it certainly wasnt used )and without consulting me,at the time this piece of fuselage was the third largest piece of surviving halifax and we had spent some time doing cosmetic work on it to tidy it up for display,i dont think its around now as previously stated.:cool:

Un *(insert expletive)* believable:eek:, another bit slips through the net.

There was never justification in branding some members of aircrew LMF,
although with the benefit of hindsight, we can probably understand why the authorities, or heirarchy, clamped down on crew members who showed outward signs of fear. The possibility of having more crew members shying off of duty due to the presence of one who is seen to be troubled, or showing hysteria could have been seen to open the floodgates. Whisking those affected off to Psychiatric units quickly was probably the only way they knew then of controlling what they thought might set off mass hysteria amongst the crews.

With the benefit of our cosy armchairs, we can understand both sides of the story. I for one dont know how these brave chaps plumbed the depths to find that courage to go night after night on raids. I have never been in a situation where every time I go to work, I know my life is in mortal danger. I for one dont know how I would react under that pressure day after day, especially as a volunteer.

It is so easy to have such a profound interest in air operations that many of us share, but how many of us could truly say we could cope, until we were faced with the same fears.

Therefore in my eyes, the Air Ministry were wrong to brand anyone LMF, it was the fact that no one understood what today we call Combat Stress Disorder or Post Traumatic Stress related incidents. As in all things , we are still learning unfortunately.

Even simpler is the PIXresizer program 🙂 . Google it, you will be pleasantly surprised.

I was hoping to attend too, Ho hum:(

Birthday Congrats to rocketeer:)

Congrats TT:)

Lost for words.
The loss of man and machine, a sad day.

I’m afraid most, if not all modern jet powered airliners fill that category. How I wish Constellations and DC6’s still plied the passenger routes:)