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Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2018, 21:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

gaining an raf pilots brevet in ww2

Not sure if it was an OTU but I think some pilots went from SFTS to further trainin in The Maritimes primarily to ferry over Mosquitos etc. to the UK
dfcp
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2017, 18:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

A couple of months ago Danny I posted looking for information re S/Ldr Reg Reynolds DSO and bar, DFC and bar---Blenheims, Mosquitos etc.
Through a variety of sources I found that at 98 or 99 he is...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2017, 17:17
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Re Roving11386
Thank you for the amplifying report on the KC 135 accident
It does differ somewhat from the survivor Paul Vances input to me.That said I wonder why the accident aircraft had the ...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2017, 17:54
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Two stories from the past.
In the 80, s an ex RCAF Spitfire pilot invited me to have dinner with another ex Spitfire pilot---a Pole.
Dinner was at the rotating restaurant at the top of the tower...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2017, 00:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Evans Times obit

[QUOTE=ICM;9923902]Sidevalve: That link contains a 'Share Token' that permits it to be seen beyond the Times paywall. Or does that not work outside the UK? If not, I'll see what can be done about...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Aug 2017, 18:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Sdn Ldr Reg Reynolds DSO and bar, DFC and bar

Other than references to this officers time on Mosquitos I have not been able to find any references to what would seem to have been a very distinguished career.
I met he and his Canadian wife in...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2016, 15:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Enigma was excellent but what was the status of...

Enigma was excellent but what was the status of German code breaking?HavenHavent I read that they were aware of Allied convoy routings?
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2015, 18:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Re Grading School----Certainly in March 45 "Pass" or "Fail "for a P categorisation seemed to be a function of whims and/or needs of the service.
All on my 16 EFTS course were ex UAS and 1/2 or more...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jun 2015, 17:45
Replies: 404
Views: 260,006
Posted By DFCP

Norwegian Air Shuttle

I have seen no public announcement from US authorities that their application for flights to and from the US has been approved.
Yet it appears they are flying routes to and from the US on a regular...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2014, 00:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet......

Harry could you shed more light on the short field landing technique referrenced in Post 6580--what error did you make make that resulted in you becoming airborne again after touching down.? If...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2014, 20:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Unhappy Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

I note recent mention of 617.
March 1945 after Grading School I was sent on detachment to Woodhall Spa.This was nomal due to the surfeit of trained aircrew and the resulting "constipation" of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Sep 2014, 17:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

I wonder under what circumstances an aircrew brevet once awarded could be, or was, "cancelled"?
My recollection is that reduction in rank could happen for a variety of reasons but the brevet???...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2014, 17:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

gaining an raf pilots brevet in ww2

Well Danny thanks to taxidual we now have the story of the belated "wings" presentation to Wilson Taylor 69 years after his "wings test"
I couldnt make sense of either the Northern Echo or BBC...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2014, 17:51
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Dishforth Danny well before your time.
I recall my father coming home just before the war--- in Dishforths Whitley days I believe.He had picked up a hitch hiking airman from there who assured him...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2014, 00:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

gaining an RAFpilots brevet etc.

Evening Danny,I just came across a site where in 2012 "Old dufffer"was looking for post war information on W/C Reg Reynolds DSO and DFC with bars
Perhaps he will see this as I was baffled trying to...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jul 2014, 23:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Danny I wonder if this Burma story "rings any bells" with you.
In the US we have three non commercial TV channels for public interest programs.They are financed by the cable companies.
To day I...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jun 2014, 14:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Icare9
Thank you for all the information and NO my DFC initials only indicate that I was christened Denis Frederick Campbell!
I have exhausted my service history earlier on Gaining an RAF etc ...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2014, 19:37
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Hummingbird
Enlisting in Nov 43 at Penarth before going to EUAS in April 44 on a Short Course I was given a 3 million service number which I believe denoted that one had been in the ATC.
I have no...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2014, 15:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

I have noted that all recent contributions re pilot training at US schools refer to routing via Moncton from the U.K.
Wicki indicates that Camp Kilmer in NJ was mainly used for US troops going to ,...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2014, 15:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

:yuk:harrym
Appreciate you comments oj sll things Canadian--including their trains!!!
My course at 23EFTS Yorkton Sask.was named "The last of the Many " when we graduated on Aug 31 1945.For reasons...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2014, 15:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

harrym
Appreciate you comments oj sll things Canadian--including their trains!!!
My course at 23EFTS Yorkton Sask.was named "The last of the Many " when we graduated on Aug 31 1945.For reasons...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2014, 18:01
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Suggest you dont miss the current? issue of "Aeroplane Summer 2014"---the issue for June arrived in Ct.3 weeks ago!
Therein is the first installment of the history of a now 99 year old ex...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2014, 17:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Ah, HMC&S
Living in Brussels in the early 60, s I visited the UK on occasion
Arriving at LHR one day I declared a bottle of Grand Marnier. The little man seized it and put it on a table out of my...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Nov 2013, 16:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Danny 42c
MEMORIES.
Wasnt the Brussels -Ostend autoroute used by Jaguar for some speed record?
Arriving in Brussels in 1962 I was surprised to find that to get phone service in the house we had to...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jun 2013, 12:57
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Meteor tales of woe

Danny, Visiting MSG a couple of weeks ago I was shown the repaired wall where the Meteor impacted what is now called ,I think, the St George Hotel.
What struck me was the apparent long distance from...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2013, 18:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in ww2

Geoff Wright.
I noted elsewhere Geoff that early in your training you got special lenses to correct your vision.
I was surprised that they were willing to do this in 1944 when U/T aircrew were...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2013, 16:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Danny 42C I note that all your fellow pilots in...

Danny 42C
I note that all your fellow pilots in 20 Squadron were WW2 vintage.
I think the NS pilot scheme began in 48 so one might think some of them would make it to Squadron service by 1950.
Or...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2013, 18:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Yamagata Ken

POW,S---A North American story---a Luftwaffe POW pilot was being transferred West by train across Canada. He jumped off and made his way the short distance to Prescott Ontario where he took a small...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2012, 01:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Exams

Danny 42C---I think in the past you remarked that unless you had a PC you could not get to S/Ldr.
If this was the case what would be the point in a F/Lt taking the B exam.?
Also what was the...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2012, 17:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet etc.

Danny 42c--A couple of thoughts on the demob aspect after WW2
I think certainly the US and Canadian forces were very much quicker in letting people out. I suspect that in the case of the UK there...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2012, 18:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet etc.

Danny 42c
As I reflect on your posts I dont recall any mention of hydraulics and certainly I have no memory of any on Cornells or Harvards during that period of training in WW2 .
I think I am...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2012, 17:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Gaining an RAF pilots brevet in WW2

Danny 42C
Thank you for your successful investigation of my 608 Meteor query.
My AIR BRITAIN is out on loan at present but I recollect that they too included F/Lt Murphys name. Assuming I receive...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2012, 19:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Danny 42C So you have missed me posting...

Danny 42C
So you have missed me posting Danny!--Two reasons---First I have been captivated by the India stories from you and others and I didnt want to spoil the continuity. Second I was waiting...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Sep 2012, 16:03
Replies: 5
Views: 3,139
Posted By DFCP

Thornaby and the RB 45

PZU---Like you I was born on Tees Side and hence always followed Thornaby and 608 history ----although I later served with 605! I can still remember seeing my first Hudson, actually two of them...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2012, 01:31
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,821,918
Posted By DFCP

Careers and Vampires

DANNY 42C--Yes Danny I could follow all your saga--I would never had made it- Sports---could never understand ,when at school ,the fun involved in running around in winter in short trousers and...
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