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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

27th Feb 2016, 18:58

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17 Sqdn in 1940

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17 Sqdn in 1940

17 Sqdn is usually referred to as staging the Channel Islands 17-19 June 1940 en route for I think Tangmere. Can anyone say whether this was Jersey, Guernsey, or both? And which pilots brought...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

21st Aug 2014, 20:26

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Nice PBY video

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Catalinas at Pensacola

My neighbour Jack Stringer, as an RAF pilot, trained on Catalinas at Pensacola (?spelling) USA in WW2. Now 93, he delights in anything Catalina-related, and was much moved by watching the video...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

11th Mar 2013, 01:24

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WW2 Hawker Typhoon pilot memoirs

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MHP re Peter Brett

Interesting coincidence, as Peter Brett on 183 Sqdn also flew as wingman to Stuart Lovell, Tony Lovell's lesser-known older brother. In fact he was in his section on Lovell's last flight, who was...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Nov 2011, 17:28

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Two in a Hurricane

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Posted By Giglamps

A) Not Beamont. Wrong squadron. But I do...

A) Not Beamont. Wrong squadron. But I do seem to remember reading somewhere that he'd flown a Hurricane with a passenger.
B) No parachutes. As I understand it, you had to sit in your...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Nov 2011, 22:24

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Two in a Hurricane

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Two in a Hurricane

Tangmere 19 June 1940. 17 Sqdn's B Flight lands in from Guernsey with at least one female passenger, a dark-haired girl who is spirited away in the dispersal van. Anyone know if the girl was ever...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Nov 2011, 22:15

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Douglas Bader's Logbook

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I thought logbooks were the property of the RAF. ...

I thought logbooks were the property of the RAF. Weren't they meant to have been returned to the Air Ministry when one left the Service?

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

11th Aug 2011, 21:19

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WW2 Hawker Typhoon pilot memoirs

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Peter Brett and Stuart Lovell

Have I missed something? What happened to Peter Brett's memoirs?
He was in my uncle Stuart Lovell's flight (brother of the better-known Tony Lovell) on 183Sqdn in January 1944, and often flew as his...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Sep 2010, 17:05

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Yellow-nosed Me.109s

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Posted By Giglamps

Thank you for that - just the emma. GB

Thank you for that - just the emma.
GB

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Sep 2010, 20:49

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Yellow-nosed Me.109s

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Yellow-nosed Me.109s

Could anyone say from what date in 1940 Me.109s in France had their cowlings and other bits painted yellow? Particular interest in 1/JG3, who so upset my father by twice damaging his lucky trousers...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Jun 2010, 21:48

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Wartime USAAF songs

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The noticeboard outside (presumably) Liverpool...

The noticeboard outside (presumably) Liverpool Docks read - it may still read - "MERSEY DOCKS & HARBOUR BOARD". It is alleged that this was improved by a handwritten line beneath that read.........

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Apr 2010, 09:34

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Westland Whirlwind Fighter

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Have emailed Jim Munro as suggested. Pilot...

Have emailed Jim Munro as suggested.
Pilot referred to was Stuart Lovell [1916-1944], elder brother of better-known Tony Lovell [1919-1945].

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Apr 2010, 21:24

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Westland Whirlwind Fighter

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Posted By Giglamps

Whirlwind enthusiasts may not have seen the...

Whirlwind enthusiasts may not have seen the following photo (have I done this right? Not v. technical) of 263 Sqdn at I would think Warmwell. Note Ranee the great dane front r. with my uncle who...

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