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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Feb 2022, 08:16
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

Mike Lima 01...

Mike Lima 01 (https://www.pprune.org/members/468466-mike-lima-01) I've not read it, but it is quoted a dozen times in Esther Eforgan's bio Leslie Howard -The Lost Actor [2010]. I think he was one of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Feb 2022, 08:13
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

History is made up of so many sad and almost...

History is made up of so many sad and almost unremarkable tradedgies
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Feb 2022, 15:21
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

Just seen I missed part of this, how sad about...

Just seen I missed part of this, how sad about his death
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Feb 2022, 13:36
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

Thanks all for your elucidations. From the log...

Thanks all for your elucidations. From the log book entries the time southbound averaged 7:07 and back 6:51, I assume benefiting from south-westerly winds, but not a lot
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Feb 2022, 13:24
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

From the log looks like about 25 mins from...

From the log looks like about 25 mins from Lyneham.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Feb 2022, 12:15
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

How fascinating, sorry I have no idea about JP....

How fascinating, sorry I have no idea about JP. Do you have anything earlier, or for G-AGBB?...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Feb 2022, 20:34
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

Thanks, I may just wait for a cheap copy! I...

Thanks, I may just wait for a cheap copy!

I had done it as you say [the browse option], that's why I quoted the error message as it was unrelated to what I did.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Feb 2022, 16:41
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

You are quite right - I copied and pasted Foynes...

You are quite right - I copied and pasted Foynes and the spell-checker did the rest!
I corresponded with the museum a good while back, they even had the passenger manifest.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Feb 2022, 14:53
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

Thanks very much: Amazon do have one for about...

Thanks very much: Amazon do have one for about £25 [with free slow delivery from South Africa!], but I think using GoogleTranslate would be fraught. I do use it into English from time to time, but I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Feb 2022, 13:51
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

How amazing! - See my that crossed with yours. I...

How amazing! - See my that crossed with yours. I only know the details as Portuguese immigration show the aircraft details in the passport stamp, but apparently I don't have sufficient privileges to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Feb 2022, 13:42
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

Thanks. My dad flew out and back on G-AGBB, the...

Thanks. My dad flew out and back on G-AGBB, the one that was shot down, on 8th and 30th April 1941. I did a lot of research some years ago and noted the above title, but WorldCat shows there are only...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Feb 2022, 09:40
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

Thanks very much for that - I have little concept...

Thanks very much for that - I have little concept of speed as I've not piloted for half a century and then only in gliders and a hot air balloon!

It must have been a nail-biter though the two...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Feb 2022, 17:10
Replies: 43
Views: 5,149
Posted By ccohen

Whitchurch [Bristol] to Lisbon flight duration

Hi,

I’m curious to know how long the flight would have taken during WWII on a DC3 going far out into the Atlantic. I’ve seen it quoted at about seven hours, but that does seem rather long even for...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th May 2017, 09:40
Replies: 21
Views: 9,075
Posted By ccohen

Not my area of knowledge at all, but a quick...

Not my area of knowledge at all, but a quick Google shows a lot of info at WWII flights To Lisbon - Page 2 (http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?142170-WWII-flights-To-Lisbon/page2) and a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th May 2017, 10:57
Replies: 21
Views: 9,075
Posted By ccohen

On the assumption that the Burberry office is the...

On the assumption that the Burberry office is the same building is would have been less than 15 mins walk from the SIS HQ in Broadway and the building in the background here...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th May 2017, 09:06
Replies: 21
Views: 9,075
Posted By ccohen

Droitwich was only used for sending pre-arranged...

Droitwich was only used for sending pre-arranged messages 'en clair' to the Resistance in France [I don't know about other countries]. SIS controlled all other means of contact [wireless, air and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th May 2017, 19:59
Replies: 21
Views: 9,075
Posted By ccohen

I'm no pilot [it is a long time since I flew...

I'm no pilot [it is a long time since I flew gliders or hot air balloons, and never over the Bay of Biscay!] but was navigation without radar easier by day, or perhaps to avoid being shot down at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th May 2017, 09:30
Replies: 21
Views: 9,075
Posted By ccohen

It did carry spies!

This is a page from my father's official false passport for a trip to Portugal [the only time he used this pp as he had two others] to meet a French Resistance leader in Belem Cathedral and take out...
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