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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Aug 2023, 12:19
Replies: 37
Views: 3,970
Posted By intertidal

Yes, have done this. we have a lot of his letters...

Yes, have done this. we have a lot of his letters home and a fairly comprehensive "track" of his flying career. this exercise was really an effort to get some background on this other chap and how he...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Aug 2023, 08:29
Replies: 37
Views: 3,970
Posted By intertidal

Excuse the perhaps unnecesary extra pictorial...

Excuse the perhaps unnecesary extra pictorial details here, I did consider cropping but context is nice too. Aunty L has done some more digging and we've identified the chap with the Meteor as Alec...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Aug 2023, 22:35
Replies: 37
Views: 3,970
Posted By intertidal

slightly improved photo

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/900x1555/whatsapp_image_2023_08_14_at_20_16_02_0553bc9a7bfe0ddf5d93543537a1c42780f0b090.jpeg
Aunty L has sent a slightly improved pic of this photo....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Aug 2023, 17:57
Replies: 37
Views: 3,970
Posted By intertidal

Just amazing. thanks all so much for the...

Just amazing. thanks all so much for the enthusiasm in this. The brick surface made me think when I first saw the photo. just didn't look British and I immediately thought netherlands too. although...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Aug 2023, 13:00
Replies: 37
Views: 3,970
Posted By intertidal

Are you suggesting that the brick surface upon...

Are you suggesting that the brick surface upon which the aircraft seems to be parked could be "fake" in order to confuse possible location-finding?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Aug 2023, 11:34
Replies: 37
Views: 3,970
Posted By intertidal

amazed thanks

once again amazing sleuthing from the forum
I have just heard from my mother/aunts that they think the chap is probably named Alec, and a close friend of my G/father (possibly BM at wedding) and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Aug 2023, 17:20
Replies: 37
Views: 3,970
Posted By intertidal

no other details unfortunately other than...

no other details unfortunately other than circumstantial & potentially flawed oral history.
probably a very close friend of my Gfathers brother who flew Beaufighters and later on Mosquitoes. He (my...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Aug 2023, 15:37
Replies: 26
Views: 3,377
Posted By intertidal

Sorry shouldve put the notes on the photo. ...

Sorry shouldve put the notes on the photo.
taller man is my Gfather's brother Robert Driscoll, ultimately lost on a Banff Strike Wing raid on Haugesund with his navigator.
I *think* the shorter man...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Aug 2023, 13:40
Replies: 37
Views: 3,970
Posted By intertidal

another unidentified aircraft & details request!

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/921x1628/possibly_best_man_by_aircraft_04ca6c8bcbdac8c94f42e40061a34e9555c81728.jpg
can anyone identify this aircraft type please!? (Im pretty sure...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Aug 2023, 13:37
Replies: 26
Views: 3,377
Posted By intertidal

Mosquito details

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/892x1390/bob_driscoll_probably_tony_hannant_c5d19668a16fa482d4a100e7f8bd9f0e2a056946.jpg
Just a nice pic really.
can anyone provide any comment on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jan 2023, 10:26
Replies: 14
Views: 1,584
Posted By intertidal

a thought occurred to me that the most...

a thought occurred to me that the most statistically likely "incident" resulting in 20mm spent ammo falling over this part of Kent might have been interception of a doodlebug V1/V2 rocket.
or gun...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jan 2023, 09:44
Replies: 14
Views: 1,584
Posted By intertidal

I wont be able to find the email now but I got in...

I wont be able to find the email now but I got in touch with an amateur historian shortly after those photos appeared on Google Earth and it was they who advised that they were post war.
the nearby...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2023, 14:11
Replies: 14
Views: 1,584
Posted By intertidal

funny coincidence but I metal-detected this up...

funny coincidence but I metal-detected this up 700m away from that position.
Dont think a DH Rapide ever mounted a cannon though :-> Had a look at the ID photos of a Rapide and I strongly agree. the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2023, 13:38
Replies: 14
Views: 1,584
Posted By intertidal

Postwar aircraft ID

Please could I be indulged once again with a mysterious photograph (hopefully attached and displayed here)
I was using GoogleEarth's historical imagery facility to do a bit of research of a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jun 2022, 09:21
Replies: 23
Views: 2,834
Posted By intertidal

I have sent snaps to Megan anyway, thank you v...

I have sent snaps to Megan anyway, thank you v much for your kind offer.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jun 2022, 09:20
Replies: 23
Views: 2,834
Posted By intertidal

I wondered that. I noticed my post count was at...

I wondered that. I noticed my post count was at zero, but I did register and posted a few mesages last year but all in Jet Blast where I guess the conversation is cheap!
having said that, it was a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jun 2022, 22:47
Replies: 23
Views: 2,834
Posted By intertidal

interesting, any other info? (ie, where the...

interesting, any other info? (ie, where the aircraft was, what squadron etc)
thank you
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jun 2022, 10:27
Replies: 23
Views: 2,834
Posted By intertidal

help with photographs

I wonder if I might be allowed to post up 3 x old photos that I am after some help with
1. single engine, 2-seater biplane with RAF markings and ID K-1905 - pretty sure a Tiger Moth trainer
2. twin...
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