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Originally Posted by GeeRam (Post 11897526)

On the subject of pilots who flew during the filming of Mosquito Squadron, I've always wonder who the 4th pilot was of the Mosquitos...?

I know 3 of the pilots were TP's, but have never found out who the 4th was?

Pat Fillingham exclusively flew T.3 RR299 (G-ASKH) during the filming.
Neil Williams exclusively flew B.35 TA634 (G-AWJV) during the filming.
Dizzy Addicott flew one of the other B.35's during the filming, but I don't know if it was B.35 RS709 (G-ASKA) then owned by Peter Thomas of Skyframe, or whether it was B.35 RS712 (G-ASKB) then owned by Grp Capt Hamish Mahaddie, and who therefore flew the other B.35 during filming.?
I suspect Dizzy may have flown RS709 during the filming as he had flown B.35 TA719 (G-ASKC) back to Skyframe after the filming of 633 Squadron, when it hadn't been returned and Peter Thomas demanded it back. If so, its the identity of who flew Mahaddie's RS712 during the filming?

Peter Thomas's pioneering operation was Skyfame, not Skyframe.

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Originally Posted by chevvron (Post 11897712)

West Malling was still an RAF airfield until about 1975. Every month or so from my arrival at Farnborough in 1974 until it closed, a Varsity using callsign 'Bluebell 1' would call us out of West Malling on some sort of air test; I assume there was a maintenance organisation there until one day the pilot announced 'this is our last ever run'.
618 Gliding school operated at Malling until the airfield closed then after moving around a lot, finally found a home at Odiham.

Research on Pprune from 2008 has revealed that 3 Varsities (Bluebell 1) operated on 'equipment trials' with Shorts out of West Malling from 1964 up to about 1977

Treadi, I remember Dizzy Addicot from my motor racing spectating days. He used to drive a rather fearsome Lotus 15 with a large Buick engine installed.. I had a copy of Neil Williams's' Airborne'. I had recently obtained my PPL at Wycombe Air |Centre, and at a display there, he was standing on the wing of the Yak 11. I asked him to autograph my book whilst he was there, which he duly did. We all know what happened sometime after. I later lent my book out, but forgot who to, and it was never returned, although I now have another copy..