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Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2017, 09:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

Welcome back Danny !

Welcome back Danny !
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2017, 08:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

Very best wishes Danny - get well soon.

Very best wishes Danny - get well soon.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2016, 15:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

Wildcat [named Martlet when it first entered...

Wildcat [named Martlet when it first entered service with the FAA] without any doubt.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2015, 17:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

Now found a photo of a Wellington C.XVI [...

Now found a photo of a Wellington C.XVI [ Pictorial History of the Royal Air Force vol. 2]. It's in usual Bomber Command colours. I can't quite make out the codes but the port side is clearly visible...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2015, 15:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

Danny - it gets more curious. The book...

Danny - it gets more curious.
The book "Wellington the geodetic giant " by Martin Bowman, contains a fair number of photos and there's no sign of a door on the port side in any of the varied marks....
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2015, 11:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

The book "Winning the Radar War" says - " in the...

The book "Winning the Radar War" says - " in the January 1935 test, Watson-Watt used the BBC 13-metre Empire transmitter at Daventry. The experiment was to demonstrate that radio transmissions would...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2014, 14:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

Danny Your post 5409 reminds me of the general...

Danny
Your post 5409 reminds me of the general who, after WW1, said " thank God that's over - now we can get back to proper soldiering".
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2013, 21:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

Danny I think Wiki have not told the full...

Danny
I think Wiki have not told the full story. Snowdrops, as a nickname, was first known in the UK during WW2 when white helmeted US military police were seen everywhere. It was a US term.
In...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2013, 22:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

The book " Last Take Off" reports Pilot IV Peter...

The book " Last Take Off" reports Pilot IV Peter James Martin 20 as pilot of VF276.On take off the starboard long range drop tank came off and the aircraft climbed steeply. The port wing then dropped...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2012, 19:04
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

Further to my last message,Colin Cummings' book...

Further to my last message,Colin Cummings' book "Though without Anger" shows the Halifax as NA317 - it was flying at low level across the airfield in conditions of haze and low sun when it collided...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2012, 16:38
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

The book Staffordshire airfields in the Second...

The book Staffordshire airfields in the Second World War says.......on 9th March 1945, Tiger Moth DE473 was returning from a low flying exercise and on it's landing approach, when Halifax VII of 1665...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2012, 14:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

The 1946-47 edition of Who's Who in British...

The 1946-47 edition of Who's Who in British Aviation shows Shinfield Park as the HQ of Flying Training Command. AOC was AM Sir Arthur Coningham.
Tel. no Reading 60471.....!
Within the Command were...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2009, 12:08
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,130
Posted By papajuliet

Andy999 - surely that's a Coastal Command Halifax...

Andy999 - surely that's a Coastal Command Halifax - not very likely over Munich!
For those with a morbid fascination with Elsan toilets, they might like to know that we had them in our Royal...
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