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Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2024, 15:03
Replies: 36
Views: 5,217
Posted By Archimedes

Using the 2016 vote, of the current shadow...

Using the 2016 vote, of the current shadow cabinet:

In favour of retention - Starmer, Healey, Reeves, Cooper, Phillipson, McFadden, Kendall, Reynolds, Miliband, Mahmood, Streeting, Reed, Kyle,...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2024, 15:07
Replies: 9
Views: 3,275
Posted By Archimedes

I'm sure you'll get the answer here, but if not -...

I'm sure you'll get the answer here, but if not - the F540 is in the National Archives at Kew and should contain that detail. Sadly not digitised yet although you can ask for a quotation for this to...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2023, 21:41
Replies: 20
Views: 4,219
Posted By Archimedes

227 OCU was the OCU for the airborne observation...

227 OCU was the OCU for the airborne observation post squadrons. 235 was the flying boat conversion unit. Both were then redesignated (or disbanded and reformed under a new name, dependent upon...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2023, 13:19
Replies: 98
Views: 22,406
Posted By Archimedes

This has a slight hint of this about it... ...

This has a slight hint of this about it...

https://youtu.be/1gjln4gaeeg?si=5Y8GpVvEzm6OYBcL&t=180
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2023, 15:02
Replies: 256
Views: 98,609
Posted By Archimedes

Gap of something like 12-15 months at most, I...

Gap of something like 12-15 months at most, I think? Last Gnat withdrawn from an FTS in late 1978; RAFAT certainly had Hawks by May 1980, since that was when the Hawk/Yacht mast interface occurred at...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2023, 15:30
Replies: 4
Views: 3,105
Posted By Archimedes

Crikey - I spent a fair amount of time working...

Crikey - I spent a fair amount of time working with Mark when he was at Shrivenham. I think he posted something - about golf - on Facebook just a few days ago (former Shrivenham inmates may recall...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2023, 15:41
Replies: 12
Views: 2,553
Posted By Archimedes

A very quick look at the 540s suggests it may...

A very quick look at the 540s suggests it may have been 152 Squadron, but on 13 November 46 rather than 11/11. AIR 27/1026/31 (page 67) Not a huge amount of detail but enough (also involved 20mm...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2023, 17:35
Replies: 11
Views: 7,205
Posted By Archimedes

AM David Walker

Air Marshal David Walker has died; following tribute from the RBL Twitter account.

https://twitter.com/PoppyLegion/status/1671538230133440512?s=20
Forum: Military Aviation
15th May 2023, 20:19
Replies: 30
Views: 9,258
Posted By Archimedes

I gather that the quality of the UK song was such...

I gather that the quality of the UK song was such that the award of 4 points might be regarded as an act of incredible kindness...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2023, 20:30
Replies: 16
Views: 4,398
Posted By Archimedes

I have a feeling that Clive Rowley succeeded Paul...

I have a feeling that Clive Rowley succeeded Paul Day ('The Major') as OC and that the latter was in post for quite some time. Others will know better, though.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2023, 16:36
Replies: 212
Views: 79,665
Posted By Archimedes

Yes - although Ellington really didn’t do much...

Yes - although Ellington really didn’t do much flying. He gained his pilot’s certificate in late 1912 and was promptly appointed the Secretary to the committee which had set up the RFC. He then...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2023, 20:51
Replies: 370
Views: 128,094
Posted By Archimedes

One might mention that perhaps the most...

One might mention that perhaps the most enthusiastic supporter of the RFC was one Douglas Haig; he arguably ensured, although not deliberately, that Trenchard was the only obvious candidate to be CAS...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2023, 18:57
Replies: 5
Views: 1,841
Posted By Archimedes

Was that with his middle initials? The LG usually...

Was that with his middle initials? The LG usually puts them in, which is what made me shy away from being certain that it was him; however, since I've now looked at a couple of online editions of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2023, 20:55
Replies: 5
Views: 1,841
Posted By Archimedes

She can apply for his Service Records...

She can apply for his Service Records (https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/apply-for-someone-elses-records), or ask immediate nok to do so.

Also, and for what it's worth- did he...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2023, 14:16
Replies: 22
Views: 7,377
Posted By Archimedes

Sorry, must have edited out the credit for the...

Sorry, must have edited out the credit for the 2nd clipping when trying to get it to a vaguely sensible size- it’s from the Daily Mirror from the day after the accident.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2023, 01:13
Replies: 22
Views: 7,377
Posted By Archimedes

https://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER2/...

https://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER2/DMIRF0002-C00000-N19650112-00200?legacy=no&highlight=00ff00+.7+2919+2941+358+40&crop=2323+1935+967+2218&format=jpeg
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2023, 01:10
Replies: 22
Views: 7,377
Posted By Archimedes

https://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER2/...

https://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER2/TGRH-1965-0112-0015?legacy=no&highlight=00ff00+.7+191+5474+129+33&highlight=00ff00+.7+390+5509+122+27&crop=71+5453+498+262&format=jpeg

Daily...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2022, 20:19
Replies: 20
Views: 5,766
Posted By Archimedes

I suspect LB means that there is a small number...

I suspect LB means that there is a small number of personnel who define themselves as being 'non-binary', and who consider themselves neither male nor female?

The govt stats last year (2021) were...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2022, 21:17
Replies: 41
Views: 11,446
Posted By Archimedes

He's Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial...

He's Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability), not a former officer. Took over the role in May.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Dec 2022, 20:57
Replies: 1,422
Views: 469,251
Posted By Archimedes

I was at the event- and I have to say that...

I was at the event- and I have to say that either I missed something (along with several others) or Francis Tusa has read too much into a comment; I didn't see him there, so he may have missed some...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2022, 09:37
Replies: 24
Views: 4,091
Posted By Archimedes

The 540/541 should be digitised and available...

The 540/541 should be digitised and available online via the National Archives, in the AIR27 category. As a ‘for instance’ AIR 27/767/15 can be found here...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2022, 15:30
Replies: 442
Views: 170,600
Posted By Archimedes

Sir Jock Stirrup for a start- citation here (LG...

Sir Jock Stirrup for a start- citation here (LG 11/7/83) (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49413/supplement/9151)
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2022, 17:35
Replies: 442
Views: 170,600
Posted By Archimedes

Apologies - edited a typo and removed reference...

Apologies - edited a typo and removed reference to the fact that the Tweet was from this afternoon; the RAFAT was due to be at Rhyl according to their list of displays.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2022, 17:23
Replies: 442
Views: 170,600
Posted By Archimedes

It appears that a bird has now decided to add to...

It appears that a bird has now decided to add to the Reds' problems - one through the canopy and a landing at Hawarden. Acknowledgement toTwitter user IanC (handle =
@IAmAnIanIAm...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2022, 18:17
Replies: 40
Views: 9,501
Posted By Archimedes

Because FGR.7 would suggest a variant of the...

Because FGR.7 would suggest a variant of the original Lightning. The correct UK designation following custom and practice would've been something like Lockheed Lightning FG.1. Doubtless Lord West...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2022, 00:09
Replies: 70
Views: 37,249
Posted By Archimedes

William Eagleson Gordon VC - the battalion was...

William Eagleson Gordon VC - the battalion was ordered (but didn't receive the orders) to retire. Gordon came to the view that the position was hopeless (as had the Brigade commander) and believed...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2022, 20:52
Replies: 265
Views: 79,508
Posted By Archimedes

From Julian Thompson at an RAF Historical Society...

From Julian Thompson at an RAF Historical Society some years ago, following a presentation by Sir Peter Squire on 1(F)'s work at Goose Green:
In his presentation, [Sir Peter] said that his squadron...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2022, 05:40
Replies: 3
Views: 1,364
Posted By Archimedes

Indeed - 25 years of accumulated service...

Indeed - 25 years of accumulated service required for the award of a standard (unless conferred early by the monarch, as with 120 and 617).
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2021, 12:46
Replies: 292
Views: 66,914
Posted By Archimedes

As an aside, one of the characters seen on-screen...

As an aside, one of the characters seen on-screen there (Mike Graham) was recently to be heard claiming that concrete can be grown naturally...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2021, 09:53
Replies: 175
Views: 115,499
Posted By Archimedes

Not that I could find. There is a site which...

Not that I could find. There is a site which covers 135 AHC and the yearbooks don’t seem to have him amongst the personnel, of whom there are mugshots at the end. Of course, he may have been omitted...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2021, 23:56
Replies: 175
Views: 115,499
Posted By Archimedes

Tricky - I'd suspect that'd be his two years of...

Tricky - I'd suspect that'd be his two years of National Service. He may have been involved during Op MUSKETEER, and the GSM with Near East clasp would've been issued as a result.

Using Ancestry...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2021, 09:38
Replies: 39
Views: 8,706
Posted By Archimedes

The further point to be made is this is the...

The further point to be made is this is the recycling of a story from The Times three weeks ago…

In that story, not only was CAS considered a contender for the job, but Gerry Mayhew had been...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2021, 17:54
Replies: 1,422
Views: 469,251
Posted By Archimedes

Mrs Thatcher thought that the US ought to have...

Mrs Thatcher thought that the US ought to have come out in overt support of the UK rather sooner than it did; Al Haig was on the receiving end of at least one handbagging about it, as was the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2021, 15:23
Replies: 5
Views: 1,689
Posted By Archimedes

The F540 can be downloaded from the National...

The F540 can be downloaded from the National Archives (You don't specify the date, but the files are in the AIR 27/2840 range).

If you do an advanced search on Discovery (the national archives...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Aug 2021, 19:11
Replies: 33
Views: 13,778
Posted By Archimedes

It was either a day or the cumulative total from...

It was either a day or the cumulative total from two weekends of Battle of Britain days at various stations; I remember encountering this while looking for something else - either in Flight (when...
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