Short Stirling
"Mildly" Eccentric Stardriver
Last night I watched a film called "One of Our Aircraft is Missing", made in 1942. Towards the end, there is a small section featuring Stirlings. That makes me absolutely certain that what I saw at Cosford BoB day in 1952 was a Stirling. Archimedes post 70 ref being struck off charge some time before it was destroyed makes sense
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Saw a programme Thursday night on Yesterday called The Nazi Exiles. Towards the end there was a clip of 3 Stirlings in low formation over a parade in Egypt. I am guessing they were MkVs. The commentary was talking early 50s, although I believe they were scrapped by 1951. Either way it was a brief but delicious clip.
rolling20,
Fantastic lead. Thanks.
See 38:00
Fantastic lead. Thanks.
See 38:00
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Horace Cooke DFC
Hi prune towers. Possible that stepfather Flt Lt Horace Cooke DFC and your relative served together. Cookie went from 149 to 7 in late 1940. Finished the tour and wandered to I think 90 evaluating the B17 before coming back to ops on 156 where he was signals leader. Don Bennett finally threw him out after 68 ops sending him to Canada to cross train as a pilot. His verdict on the B17 was marvellous aeroplane but a lousy bomber.
Just trying to see if you had my late husbands father as your stepfather. All details appear to match what I have been told. RAF records go dead at 13ITW
