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Forum: Military Aviation

12th Feb 2012, 21:41

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It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi Adam Thanks for the feedback - I don't...

Hi Adam

Thanks for the feedback - I don't suppose that he remembers how dark it could get? I've been told that there was always 'some light' by a W/O. Was landing at night a routine confident...

Forum: Military Aviation

30th Jan 2012, 11:57

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All Thanks for even more interesting...

Hi All

Thanks for even more interesting responses!

I'm busy turning the Airfield Standing Orders from 101History into an electronic format if anyone is interested in a copy - do see his post...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jan 2012, 00:55

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Chugalug Looks like I goofed again! Here...

Chugalug

Looks like I goofed again! Here are the pages from AP129 and you are right in being puzzled, there are still 6 flares even with the Chance light. I'll claim that they should have drawn...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jan 2012, 00:35

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Chugalug Being brought up on a diet of WWII...

Chugalug

Being brought up on a diet of WWII films it came as a shock to me doing this research just how many non-combat 'accidents' there were. Not surprising on reflection, but still a shock.
...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Jan 2012, 12:03

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Lancman Interesting point I'll have a look...

Lancman

Interesting point I'll have a look at that one.

Hipper

Yes and even fewer at night - he was mostly on Wellingtons before Stirlings. I assume that his flying hours also included...

Forum: Military Aviation

21st Jan 2012, 21:56

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All Aerials Thanks for your kind...

Hi All

Aerials

Thanks for your kind words - it is an absorbing project. I find that the flow of information comes in waves, during the lulls I work on the models and usually fixate on some...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Jan 2012, 22:42

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi Again Another Question, having just...

Hi Again

Another Question, having just looked at some pictures of Shackletons perhaps Shackman might have a good take on it.

The Stirling had a 350W Landing light in the Port Wing - which...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Jan 2012, 22:26

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All Hipper Bit too much outlay for...

Hi All

Hipper

Bit too much outlay for me - also I would want one of those headsets that allow you to turn your head to look left, right, up, down etc. Then I'd want the display image over...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2012, 20:05

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Momoe To answer more of your question now...

Momoe

To answer more of your question now that you know the shape of the field. Look at the tree line in the crash photos. There is a distant tree line which is probably at the far end of the...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2012, 19:48

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Finally - this an aerial photo taken by the...

Finally - this an aerial photo taken by the Luftwaffe in Aug 1940 - as close as I have managed to get to a photo that validates what the fields actually looked like - about 8 months before the crash....

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2012, 19:43

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

This next one shows a close up of the field again...

This next one shows a close up of the field again from a 1945 aerial photo but the place hasn't changed much. I used Google earth for it as they have the handy measuring tool.

Remember the 765c...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2012, 19:34

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/jamesinn...

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/jamesinnewcastle/FlightPathtoOakington.jpg

All

As promised earlier here are some photos of the crash site from the air so you can get a better idea of...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2012, 19:15

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Momoe There is part of the 765c that I left...

Momoe

There is part of the 765c that I left off, it may answer your question. I'll just include all of the rest of the form - it isn't much.

Unit: 7 Squadron
...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2012, 19:03

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

101 History I've just noticed the last line...

101 History

I've just noticed the last line of your post - it was in a different font so I missed it but that is very interesting, thanks.

Another piece of procedure.

James

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2012, 00:22

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Fox3wheresmybanana The link is broken - I'll...

Fox3wheresmybanana

The link is broken - I'll try again later

All

Just for fun - this is my test animation of a Gooseneck.'flare'. It's just a quick set up to see what I could do, as it...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2012, 00:16

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Courtney Mil When I do finally get it done,...

Courtney Mil

When I do finally get it done, and that's not soon, I have the following plan:

1. Anyone who has helped can have a copy of the final DVD. There may be two, one for anoraks and...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 21:33

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

All I have been researching this event for...

All

I have been researching this event for about 9 months now - I have found out an awful lot of stuff and realised that looking at any one aspect in any depth spins you off into another...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 21:19

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All You are posting faster than I can...

Hi All

You are posting faster than I can respond - great :-)

Fox3wheresmybanana

That's great I think that you have put the last piece of that puzzle in place

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 21:11

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Cliffnemo Thank for the take off...

Cliffnemo

Thank for the take off procedure and the Icing video link, it certainly seems that the Stirling fits a lot of the criteria mentioned. One for the list of 'probables'.

Thanks...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 19:40

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Spurlash Fits perfectly! Nice one James

Spurlash

Fits perfectly! Nice one

James

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 19:24

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Spurlash Your comments and files etc...

Spurlash

Your comments and files etc will take me some time to analyse off line but it is really important to know what the weather conditions were

Trim Stab

Sadly you can't...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 18:54

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

rvusa I can't tell you if QNH was used...

rvusa

I can't tell you if QNH was used in 1941(in fact I'll have to look QNH up). I assume that it would have been so easy to put a sensitive altimeter into a control tower that QFE would...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 18:23

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Last one sadly! ...

Last one sadly!

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/jamesinnewcastle/StirlingBomberN6012beingrecoveredMG-D2.jpg

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 18:19

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Next picture - note that these pictures were not...

Next picture - note that these pictures were not all taken at the same time as large parts of the aircraft have been moved about between each picture (or at least between two of them)
...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 18:16

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

If I get this right - here are the photos of the...

If I get this right - here are the photos of the crash. It looks to me like the flap is still fully in. Comments?

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj533/jamesinnewcastle/A3.jpg

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2012, 18:08

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All This is going to be a Marathon...

Hi All

This is going to be a Marathon Post as I've not been able to get back on here recently and you've all left so many posts - thanks!

So I will break it into sections and post as the...

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Jan 2012, 11:57

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Ok just read the sticky on photo posting - will...

Ok just read the sticky on photo posting - will reply to all tonight - so many great posts - appreciated!

James

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Jan 2012, 23:51

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All Thanks for the replies, sorry about the...

Hi All
Thanks for the replies, sorry about the delay in replying as I have been frantic this weekend.

How do I attach a picture on here?

James

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Jan 2012, 23:03

Replies: 114

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi Cliffnemo I suspect that the landing...

Hi Cliffnemo

I suspect that the landing methods changed rapidly during the war itself. What year were you landing using Christmas Trees? I am getting a lot of info from AP 129 (Dated 1938) but...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jan 2012, 23:09

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All Momoe: Good point about the bail out...

Hi All

Momoe: Good point about the bail out - the 765c form reveals that the pilot had called the tower on the R/T but had nothing to report. The radio he would have used had a range of between 30...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Jan 2012, 20:57

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi Hipper My posts are being regulated as...

Hi Hipper

My posts are being regulated as the last one isn't yet on line so you may need to read a few posts back - I'm not sure if they are inserted in sequence. I just hope that the last one...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Jan 2012, 12:08

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All Thanks again for all the comments: ...

Hi All

Thanks again for all the comments:

Trim stab - My photo shows that the flaps on one wing had not been extended, however I don't have a photo of the other wing so theres a possibility....

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Jan 2012, 00:23

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All I'm not looking for reasons for the...

Hi All

I'm not looking for reasons for the crash yet, but just to quell the interest. Fighter attack is only mentioned in one official document and gets bandied around a lot, it was however only...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Jan 2012, 20:27

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All I've done loads of research already -...

Hi All

I've done loads of research already - really now I would like to know what I can't research and that's how to land one of these Bombers at night! I am aware of a huge amount about the...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Jan 2012, 18:01

Replies: 114

It's May 1941, it's night, you have to land, but how?

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Posted By jamesinnewcastle

Hi All Thanks for the replies. I'm no pilot...

Hi All

Thanks for the replies. I'm no pilot so need some Jargon translation!

OKTA? Tenths? Is that related to 10/10 cloud as they say? The Met Office report states "patchy (half the sky was...

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