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Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 16:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

Trust the press to get the facts wrong. 353 (T)...

Trust the press to get the facts wrong. 353 (T) Squadron was a transport squadron for which Jack Hemmings flew Dakotas, Hudsons and Ansons. I have deep respect for those who flew in operational areas...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 17:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

Wg Cdr Murray - Part 4 207 Squadron – RAF...

Wg Cdr Murray - Part 4

207 Squadron – RAF Bottesford

After his flight in BT308 Tucker flew a few more missions before the squadron moved to RAF Bottesford (roughly halfway between...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2024, 17:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

Page 54 on is where you will find it. The layout...

Page 54 on is where you will find it. The layout changed quite a bit in the final printed book e.g. Cuthbert Orde's picture of Tucker is full page. I am grateful to Mark for persuading Tucker to let...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2024, 20:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

Wg Cdr Murray – Part 3 207 Squadron – RAF...

Wg Cdr Murray – Part 3

207 Squadron – RAF Waddington

The squadron had reformed on 1 November 1940 the CO Wg Cdr N C ‘Hetty’ Hyde had gone with a number of officers and NCOs to learn about the...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 16:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

Wg Cdr Murray – Part 2 I shall follow Homer...

Wg Cdr Murray – Part 2

I shall follow Homer by starting in medias res with an example of Tucker’s mischievous and somewhat stubborn character. This was revealed to me when, in his late eighties,...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jan 2024, 18:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

Geriavator's posts about 101's special duties has...

Geriavator's posts about 101's special duties has prompted me to want to post about the career of the last wartime commanding officer of No.138 (Special Duty) Squadron, whom it was my privilege to...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jan 2024, 17:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

Sycamore, as a pure guess depending on when...

Sycamore, as a pure guess depending on when initially AG plus wireless operator's sleeve badge or later S(ignaller) or perhaps whatever his previous entitlement had been. Flying Badges except for...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2024, 10:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

In my possession is a War Office folder with a...

In my possession is a War Office folder with a photograph of the temporary wooden marker and grave reference for my great-uncle who was killed in France in 1916, it enabled my brother and I to visit...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 11:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

In the latest post on the Chipmunk ...

In the latest post on the Chipmunk (https://www.pprune.org/11583650-post753.html)thread commenting on the photo Megan says 'Suspect the chap in the rear is instructor Jack Williams who was of very...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 09:28
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,851
Posted By SLXOwft

Even though in Lincolnshire Binbrook wasn't flat....

Even though in Lincolnshire Binbrook wasn't flat. :E I had a look at the OS 1:50k map - there is a 113m point roughly where the threshold of 03 was, the 21 end was approx 97m so 370 ft to 320ft, you...
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