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Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2016, 15:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

They may not have been flying despite there...

They may not have been flying despite there "being a war on".

"The return convoy RA 64 left Kola Inlet on the morning of 17 February. One of the escorts and a merchant ship were torpedoed almost...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2016, 14:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

Ac Identification above

Thank you to those who have replied giving a choice between Grumman Avenger, Hellcat or Wildcat. Further information and photos have now appeared (you must understand that I am working at arms length...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2016, 16:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

Third Time Lucky I hope

This is what should have been the second picture.

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r562/xercules1/Ac%20stopped_zpszwtfgjfb.png
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2016, 15:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

Pictures for the above (I hope)

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r562/xercules1/Ac%20Landing_zps7atkemm3.png
http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r562/xercules1/Ac%20Landing_zps7atkemm3.png
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2016, 15:07
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

Help with an aircraft ident

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r562/xercules1/Ac%20Landing_zps7atkemm3.png

http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r562/xercules1/Ac%20stopped_zpszwtfgjfb.png

The 2 pictures here are part of...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2016, 09:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

Identity Checks on joining during WWII

Danny (or anybody else who has the knowledge),

Please can you tell me what identity checks were carried out on individuals when joining up during the war? Did they rely solely on your having an...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2016, 20:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

How we Won the War

Danny,

Our superiority over the Germans at warfare was explained by a German exchange officer at Lyneham many years ago now.

During a TACEVAL(for the uninitiated, Tactical Evaluation or...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2015, 20:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

"radioactive" watches

Back in the days when politicians could be respected, there goes a story of a MP attempting to make party political points about luminous watches and asking a question of the SofS of Health. It was...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2014, 21:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

Units of Exchange

Before I left in 1997 I did an Open University MBA to help sell myself in the world outside. Much of the material was (with attribution) taken from the Harvrad Business School whose world standard...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2014, 17:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

IBB - I apologise that my description was less...

IBB - I apologise that my description was less than specific of the "inserting arrow" but it was the best I could do from where I was. I will not be at home for a couple of days yet but will then try...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2014, 16:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

What happened to an Arnold Washout

I have hesitated about introducing my father’s experiences into this thread as he was an “Arnold Washout” and ended up qualifying as a Navigator/Observer/Bomb Aimer etc having been returned to...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2013, 13:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

No contribution to make except to put it back on...

No contribution to make except to put it back on p1 where it truly belongs.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2013, 19:35
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

Operation HAZE

The Herc in the HAZE fit was required either as a back up for the VC10 or to go to collect from a place to which the VC10 could not go. Operation HAZE was the name and there was a contingency plan...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jun 2013, 17:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

Repatriations

You will recall that Repatriations are a recent phenomenon. In fact, the first ones as we know them were after the first Gulf War. The deceased were to be returned through Brize Norton (6 if memory...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Oct 2012, 10:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

DR Navigation

In the dim vistas of my memory I can recall doing DR navigation in the Jet Provost (let's face it we had d@@@ all else). However, Danny, by the late 60s we had modernised with a novel invention...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2012, 10:23
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,923
Posted By Xercules

Plea for information from Albany or elsewhere

I am only a very recent reader of this forum and my plea is made all the more urgent because of the very sad news of Cliff’s departure. His contribution in starting this forum and his continuing...
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