Iraqi Air Force Pics
Hi all,
I thought there might be some interest in these. Nothing to do with me, mind. Among the Migs there are a few familiar shapes. Dead MiGs - ED Forums |
Good find and thanks for posting, sad to see the state of some of those old girls, stripped of anything useful.
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Brings back memories, I was sniffing around that place in the late 90's.
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Glad you liked them. They seemed to buy British until around 1960.
Iraqi Air Force Since 1948, Part 1 |
We were training Iraqi pilots at the No.4 FTS at RAF Worksop in 1958. When the King was overthrown they all packed their bags and left in rather a triumphant mood.
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Two DH Doves, the remains of a Vampire and a piston Provost? I thought I'd seen a Bristol Freighter, but I think it was a Dove side on and nothing to scale it.
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Yes I thought that, mentioned elsewhere the Vampire was in a museum, looks like it's been shoved in with a dozer, the pod is wooden so appears to have disintegrated.
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Is it a Vampire or Venom?
In the link I posted earlier the intake looks more like the Venom, but I wouldn't have a clue otherwise. I remember seeing one (or the other) at a display on Weston Super Mare sea front many years ago. I thought it was fake. Aeroplanes are made of metal. |
I remember a similar place in Dhahran. T33s, Sabres, Lightnings. Even the remains of a couple of eagles and IDS Tonkas.
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my father was seconded for a while from the FAA to test fly new Sea Furies from Hawkers whilst the Co. pilots were ferrying the Iraqi ones to Iraq
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