RAF film "Wing to Wing"

[ricardian]

Saw this link (http://tinyurl.com/nvzxrlc) posted to another forum (thanks to Rex Tester, RAF Boy Entrant Association). Film dated 1952.

[Wander00]

Brilliant, many thanks

[Danny42C]

I second Wander00. Those were the days !

D.

[ricardian]

I joined as a 16 year old Boy Entrant at RAF Cosford (2 School of Technical Training) in 1959, u/t Telegraphist II. Demobbed 1973 from 3 MHU RAuxAF where I'd been an instructor for 3 years. Only active airfields I served on were Sharjah 1963-64 - Twin Pioneer, Argosy, Beverley - and Akrotiri 1965-67 - Javelin, Hasting, Lightning and Canberra. Akrotiri was a busy (and noisy!) airfield and I worked in a very busy commcen (4 watches covering 24/7, 1 Sgt, 1 Cpl plus 7 airmen/airwomen per watch). The film gave me an opportunity to see how the RAF used to be.

[BEagle]

There's a coincidence! A chum lent me the RAF in the 1950s DVD and I saw that very film last night!

How EVER did we let the RAF get into the awful state it's in today?

[ancientaviator62]

BEagle,
politicians both civil and military brought the RAF to the present parlous state.

[CoffmanStarter]

What a wonderful piece of film ... Many thanks Ricardian for the post :ok:

We certainly had some drop dead gorgeous aeroplanes (I'll discount the Washington if I may) back then ... and plenty of them :{

[54Phan]

Very good film, lots of great aircraft and it was nice to see RCAF Vampires. Thanks for posting it.

[Rosevidney1]

Coffman Starter wrote:

We certainly had some drop dead gorgeous aeroplanes (I'll discount the Washington if I may) back then

And I knew a fellow who flew them and he claimed it was the finest 3 engined bomber the RAF ever had!