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Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2019, 11:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

This was posted to Facebook today by Pierre...

This was posted to Facebook today by Pierre Seillier. It seems this place is where the story belongs.

On this day in 1944, my beloved mate Denis Vaughan "Ned" Kelly celebrated his 21st birthday...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2019, 16:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

There are still some good people out there ...

There are still some good people out there
Tony Foulds saw the American B-17 bomber crash in Endcliffe Park in 1944 when he was eight years old....
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2018, 12:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

WW2 pilot - funeral but no family...

WW2 pilot - funeral but no family (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/raf-hero-died-salford-no-15470967)
Now Flying Officer Walter Bentley RAF has died, aged 97....
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2018, 11:28
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Danny, do you recognise any of this radio gear...

Danny, do you recognise any of this radio gear that was fitted into Spitfires?
Spitfire radio spares (http://spitfirespares.co.uk/radio.html)
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2018, 18:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Lancaster flies again ...

Lancaster flies again

https://www.facebook.com/BBMF.Official/photos/a.515596881828663.1073741828.216980461690308/1657090361012637/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
With one of the original Dambuster crew...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2018, 10:37
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

The RAF in the days when we had LOTS of aircraft

The RAF in the days when we had LOTS of aircraft
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2018, 19:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

A love letter on a vinyl record...

A love letter on a vinyl record (https://www.rafa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Voices-of-the-Forces-Annie.mp3) recorded in India, October 1945. Can you help find Rick Wilkinson of Salisbury?...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2018, 10:30
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

And still more from Rita - it gets worse!

And still more from Rita - it gets worse!
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2018, 22:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

And now they are cutting down the trees...

And now they are cutting down the trees (https://www.rafa.org.uk/leicester/blog/st-georges-chapel-remembrance-biggin-hill-outrage-memorial-trees-cut)
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2018, 19:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

When working at CSOS Brora, Sutherland in the...

When working at CSOS Brora, Sutherland in the 1970s one of the visiting telephone engineers had an MBE which he received for establishing a telephone line between the crash site and the nearest...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2018, 22:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Here's an interesting museum...

Here's an interesting museum (http://www.radarmuseum.co.uk)
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2018, 17:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Latest update: Dear Friends, There has not...

Latest update:
Dear Friends,

There has not been much to report over the last month, but photos are now appearing of the first facing bricks being laid at the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum building....
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2018, 18:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Here's a handy list of RAF service numbers...

Here's a handy list of RAF service numbers (http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/rfc_raf.pdf) from the year dot
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2018, 17:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Christmas 1944 - menu from RAF Ismailia (taken...

Christmas 1944 - menu from RAF Ismailia (taken from Facebook "Aviation History Research Centre")
...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2018, 20:31
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

I was demobbed in 1973 after 12 years service. In...

I was demobbed in 1973 after 12 years service. In 1975 the RAF introduced a new pension scheme in which all service (not just the minimum of 22 years) counted towards a pension at 60. I couldn't even...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2018, 19:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

10 years later those squatters would have been...

10 years later those squatters would have been really upset when Carnaby became the home for 3 Thor nuclear missiles with parent HQ at Driffield. The last time I heard of Carnaby it was a giant car...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Feb 2018, 12:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Posted on an RAF-related group today:

Posted on an RAF-related group today:
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2018, 19:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

RAF Sharjah 1943...

RAF Sharjah 1943 (https://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/seventy-five-years-after-fatal-crash-landing-in-fujairah-british-pilot-is-remembered-by-family-and-servicemen-1.704591)


The year I was...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2018, 15:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

A brave lady now aged 101...

A brave lady now aged 101 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-42987894/the-101-year-old-woman-who-flew-spitfires-in-ww2)
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2018, 13:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Seen on Facebook just now:

Seen on Facebook just now:
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2017, 14:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Something that Danny & other Air Traffic bodies...

Something that Danny & other Air Traffic bodies may appreciate
The speaker is ex-RAF
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2017, 10:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Letters to the local newspaper...

Letters to the local newspaper (http://www.bromleyboroughnews.co.uk/archive.cfm?sectionIs=letters) show that there is considerable outrage at the demolition
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Dec 2017, 18:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Biggin Hill chapel - latest (26 Dec 2017)

Latest email, received today.

Season's Greetings to all my Biggin Hill RAF Chapel and anti BHMM scheme friends,
Over the last few weeks there has been contradictory nonsense from Bromley Council...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2017, 11:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Seen on an RAF-related Facebook page today, may...

Seen on an RAF-related Facebook page today, may be of interest to Danny:


...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2017, 10:37
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Belated birthday greetings to you, sir.

Belated birthday greetings to you, sir.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Nov 2017, 15:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

One of the unsung heroines of WW2 who flew in the...

One of the unsung heroines of WW2 who flew in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) above the skies of Britain has died aged 94. (http://www.forces.net/news/spitfire-lady-joy-lofthouse-dies-aged-94)
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2017, 10:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

It's the Daily Wail but it is pertinent to WW2...

It's the Daily Wail but it is pertinent to WW2 and flying.

How British engineers dodged German snipers' bullets to build 74 airstrips in 90 DAYS across Normandy battlefields to help defeat the...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2017, 14:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

A little light relief: ...

A little light relief:

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21192703_10155722165714268_2531767911679170437_n.jpg?oh=a7bbf35e0693cf708f835bf1438a9a38&oe=5A29D1C2
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2017, 10:07
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

A little later than WW2. RAF Mauripur, Xmas Day...

A little later than WW2. RAF Mauripur, Xmas Day 1953
...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2017, 12:08
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Flight Sergeant "Chiefy" Hynd - WW2 Flight...

Flight Sergeant "Chiefy" Hynd - WW2 Flight Engineer and latterly Drill Instructor to many Boy Entrants at Cosford.
Information from the RAF Boy Entrants Association:
A few weeks ago Chiefy Hynd was...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Aug 2017, 12:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Today please remember ATA pilot Flight Captain...

Today please remember ATA pilot Flight Captain The Hon. Margaret Fairweather aged 42, the first woman to fly a Spitfire, who was killed on August 4th 1944 on active duty when her aircraft crashed...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jul 2017, 12:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Feedback on the Biggin Hill chapel petition:

Feedback on the Biggin Hill chapel petition:
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2017, 13:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Latest posted to Facebook today:

Latest posted to Facebook today:
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2017, 13:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

A manual DF position in Germany, 1952 ...

A manual DF position in Germany, 1952

https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20228635_10214057244803922_2423962141348022726_n.jpg?oh=cbd685b9b2567a61e8aa4f4152055200&oe=5A008360
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2017, 13:54
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By ricardian

Sorry Danny, unable to give any more info that...

Sorry Danny, unable to give any more info that what is on the web page. Try refreshing your browser and then loading the page again. Worked OK for me.
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