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25th Nov 2020, 18:42
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Posted By mikehallam

Thank you for livening this 'thread' up again and...

Thank you for livening this 'thread' up again and nice to see you ' younger' fellows are still keen on staying involved.

I'm afraid I've no derring tales to relate.
My National Service - after...
20th Aug 2020, 17:34
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Posted By mikehallam

Bill, Please tell us the tale.

Bill, Please tell us the tale.
19th Aug 2020, 13:15
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Posted By mikehallam

Thanks Geriaviator, For re-invigorating this...

Thanks Geriaviator,

For re-invigorating this precious section and it turns out to have been a real event, not just bar gossip.

mike.
21st Jun 2020, 11:11
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Posted By mikehallam

Thank you for posting the Pre-War Spinning...

Thank you for posting the Pre-War Spinning Instructions.
So much to recall from my early days and to be happy to know that their technique was what we too were instructed to use.

Spinning was...
8th May 2020, 22:13
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Posted By mikehallam

Having watched the BBC TV programme broadcast...

Having watched the BBC TV programme broadcast from outside Buckingham Palace this evening I am conscious that without the likes of thousnads of Danny's and all our folk, we wouldn't be able to enjoy...
8th Dec 2019, 10:53
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Posted By mikehallam

Surely there must still be a goodly crowd who...

Surely there must still be a goodly crowd who scan this tribute thread several times a week which 'proves' that its spirit continues - as does our need for any scraps of reminiscence.
When yet...
24th Oct 2019, 11:48
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Posted By mikehallam

Thank you again, What a lot of individual...

Thank you again,

What a lot of individual acts of heroism & bravery, which - largely only known to those near them - must have been an underlying reason for our eventually beating the Axis states....
29th Sep 2019, 16:23
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Posted By mikehallam

Multiple thank you Geriaviator for presenting...

Multiple thank you Geriaviator for presenting another fascinating chapter and with details how one man's skills & determination, amongst many others of course, helped the winning side.

It was...
16th Sep 2019, 18:00
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Posted By mikehallam

This is beginning well ! Thanks for entering...

This is beginning well !

Thanks for entering the start of an apposite WW II exploit here.
12th Sep 2019, 10:24
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Posted By mikehallam

With bated pen !

With bated pen !
9th Sep 2019, 14:43
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Posted By mikehallam

Me thinks it's a shame if this forum subject...

Me thinks it's a shame if this forum subject falters when, inevitably, the very old initiators pass on, because I believe there's stuff out there that their children, grandchildren or other relations...
26th Jun 2019, 16:17
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Posted By mikehallam

Flew the Rans from Horsham to Piltdown...

Flew the Rans from Horsham to Piltdown (nr.Uckfield) Sussex Saturday 2nd June for the strip owner's annual Fly In for a RAFA benefit day.

Previous years we've had several WW II aircrew including...
16th Feb 2019, 10:35
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Posted By mikehallam

Many Thanks "Taphappy", The words you have...

Many Thanks "Taphappy",

The words you have provided fill out a large missing piece in my recollection, as there are the fuller verses & covering every station in a bomber. Certainly there were no...
14th Feb 2019, 21:27
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Posted By mikehallam

Now I'm a young guy at 81 - far too young to...

Now I'm a young guy at 81 - far too young to contribute much, but our elders have largely passed on. Nor was I flight crew, though today in my 50th year as a Private Pilot I passed my bi-ennial...
1st Feb 2019, 22:16
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Posted By mikehallam

This was in my Parish Magazine this month.GILBERT...

This was in my Parish Magazine this month.GILBERT STEERE CGM - A Rusper, West Sussex village Boy at War In 1944 Gilbert was Flight Engineer in a Halifax plane manned by a Canadian crew on a routine...
24th Jan 2019, 09:30
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Posted By mikehallam

Yes Please, I too think that Danny's...

Yes Please,

I too think that Danny's generation should be positively remembered.

They put up with our strapped & sometimes disorganised conduct of the war to do as well as humanly possible what...
5th Jan 2019, 16:47
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Posted By mikehallam

Thank you Roving, for posting that Documentary it...

Thank you Roving, for posting that Documentary it almost makes one cry seeing all those brave young lives (on both sides) lost in WWII.

I'm especially grateful, as in 1940 at three years old &...
21st Jun 2018, 09:16
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Posted By mikehallam

Sorry 'J' - That's far too obtuse for my withered...

Sorry 'J' - That's far too obtuse for my withered brain and I'm at least 15 years junior to master Danny -help!

mike hallam.
24th Dec 2017, 11:30
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Posted By mikehallam

Happy Christmas and A healthy New Year...

Happy Christmas

and

A healthy New Year to Danny and all forumites.

mike hallam.
16th Dec 2017, 16:46
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Posted By mikehallam

Apropos my mail 11647 I looked all over for the...

Apropos my mail 11647 I looked all over for the copy of brief pilots' notes that the ATA were using in 1943-5.
However I did rediscover all the 1942 charts she'd kindly given me, covering all G.B....
15th Dec 2017, 22:45
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Posted By mikehallam

About 25 years ago I took an ex ATA lady pilot...

About 25 years ago I took an ex ATA lady pilot for a ride in my Jodel light 100 h.p. a/c. She'd not flown in a small 'plane since the war but was amused and thought it a rather delicate little thing...
13th Dec 2017, 09:49
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Posted By mikehallam

Thread's having a breather by the look of it...

Thread's having a breather by the look of it Danny,

Regarding your 'preferred' a/c - the Spitfire, and reflecting back to my Pilot learning days in 1970 at Shoreham, to see one fly by was a rare &...
2nd Feb 2017, 15:55
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Posted By mikehallam

And to entertain here's a nice 1943 USA film on...

And to entertain here's a nice 1943 USA film on assembling a crated P47 Thunderbolt in the field. Only using the packing case and hand tools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2D3k0sJ8HM#t=3.498667...
24th Dec 2016, 13:30
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Posted By mikehallam

All the Best to you Danny & all the other...

All the Best to you Danny & all the other essential contributors here.

Merry Christmas,

mike hallam
12th Nov 2016, 14:52
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Posted By mikehallam

This link is easier:- ...

This link is easier:-

https://youtu.be/OrKNK3Ev3Rw

OrKNK3Ev3Rw
12th Nov 2016, 12:44
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Posted By mikehallam

Danny et al, The LAA AGM, which I recently...

Danny et al,

The LAA AGM, which I recently braved the elements to fly into at Sywell, was graced by a WWII Lancaster pilot's address.
He related his RAF experiences through training in Canada to...
31st Oct 2016, 22:51
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Posted By mikehallam

Apropos the 'Strawberry' appellation. Just a...

Apropos the 'Strawberry' appellation.

Just a guess, but perhaps another fruity RAF word for a type of air attack ?
viz. "Rhubarbs" for the Cross Channel strafing sorties.

mike hallam
3rd Oct 2016, 18:32
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Posted By mikehallam

Please try this U-tube link for the 100 year old...

Please try this U-tube link for the 100 year old pilot mentioned above.
mike hallam.

FS401_BXMtk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS401_BXMtk
3rd Oct 2016, 08:50
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Posted By mikehallam

BTW. Saw this in my free 'AVWEBFLASH'...

BTW.

Saw this in my free 'AVWEBFLASH' e-mailed news sheet this morning.

"One of the world's last surviving Battle of Britain vets, John Hart, of Naramata, British Columbia, Canada, went flying...
19th Sep 2016, 18:23
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Posted By mikehallam

Not all forgotten Danny, Horsham West...

Not all forgotten Danny,

Horsham West Sussex, Yesterday & published in the County Times :-

"Wreaths were laid and prayers said in Horsham town centre this morning (Sunday September 18) to mark...
18th Apr 2016, 15:46
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Posted By mikehallam

Quite right MPN11, Charles has waited long...

Quite right MPN11,

Charles has waited long enough and his natural ascendancy with a due term as king would allow his son & family respite to be with their own children as they grow up.

[Rather...
8th Apr 2016, 19:52
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Posted By mikehallam

DHFan & Danny Re. your #8425 & #8426, this...

DHFan & Danny

Re. your #8425 & #8426, this extract from a story by Thurber already anticipated that occurrence:

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber

"WE'RE going through!" The...
18th Dec 2015, 09:42
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Posted By mikehallam

That 'Compass Swing' piece: Possibly all...

That 'Compass Swing' piece:

Possibly all that meant was to fly on any approx. known heading when able to, just see if the compass agrees - which very crudely would show it wasn't a mile out.
...
7th Dec 2015, 12:04
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Posted By mikehallam

Danny, Re cockpit drills, and dummy prop...

Danny,

Re cockpit drills, and dummy prop controls etc.

I've been flying since starting at Bankstown, Sydney in 1969 & completed a UK PPL at Shoreham Sussex.
We a PAYG civvies were taught to...
26th Aug 2015, 21:09
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Posted By mikehallam

Danny, thanks for the pointers. I looked at...

Danny, thanks for the pointers.

I looked at that list, so much information, but a few things I picked out might lead local enthusiasts to dig up more gen. Perhaps being outside the Australian...
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