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Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2019, 12:51
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Icare: That is, indeed, the incident mentioned. ...

Icare: That is, indeed, the incident mentioned. The question of who was in control during those final minutes will almost certainly never be resolved but, from what is still available at AHB, there...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2019, 13:17
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

When the 242 OCU was at Thorney Island in the...

When the 242 OCU was at Thorney Island in the 1960s, Tangmere provided the drop zone for our equipment and heavy load drop training.

Like others, I was quite taken by that 1985 BBC documentary,...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2018, 11:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

I don't know if it was an Ace Freighters...

I don't know if it was an Ace Freighters aircraft, but there was a tale around when I got to Khormaksar in September 1966 about a charter Connie that had been shutting down engines as it came down...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2018, 19:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Copilot Solo was also in vogue in the Argosy...

Copilot Solo was also in vogue in the Argosy force in 1966, when I started, but I've no recollection of any such sortie from around mid-67, when I guess it must have been phased out across the MRT...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2018, 08:57
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Late to this but, for the record, Andrew can...

Late to this but, for the record, Andrew can delete 10 Sqn Dakotas from his consideration. The unit was Mauripur-based and carried out a Para training detachment at Chaklala from 21 November - 23...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2018, 14:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

I don't know quite how much of Khormaksar has...

I don't know quite how much of Khormaksar has made it into the 21st century. The Argosy Detachment website has some photos from 1998, when one of our erstwhile number went back through in a DC4. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2018, 22:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Brian: This is all a bit contemporary for a...

Brian: This is all a bit contemporary for a nominally WW2 thread, but I was on 72 Course, one of the last to go through Hullavington, I think. (Jan - Jul at HV, then Aug - Dec at Stradishall.)
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2018, 11:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

I had it in my mind that there were several...

I had it in my mind that there were several Polish staff pilots as I went through Nav School in 1965, but a check with my logbook reveals I only ever flew with a Flt Lt Artymuik whilst at No 2 ANS,...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Dec 2017, 14:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Danny, This, at the IWM shop, may be more...

Danny,

This, at the IWM shop, may be more useful - apparently covering all Marks of Spitfire, if the cover is to be believed:

The Spitfire PocketBook : Welcome to the Imperial War Museum Online...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2017, 16:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Danny: Further to your #11504, I believe it was...

Danny: Further to your #11504, I believe it was the introduction of the Air Bomber category circa mid-1942 that permitted the change to single-pilot operation in Bomber Command. There's lots about...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2017, 13:44
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Danny - on the Flying Suit thread you quoted one...

Danny - on the Flying Suit thread you quoted one of your previous posts here in which you made the point that the Kachin tribes of Northern Burma had been reasonably well-disposed towards us and that...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2017, 17:54
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

SV: No problem, and I'm encouraged to know that...

SV: No problem, and I'm encouraged to know that those Tokens travel so well. And thanks in turn for the Comet Line link. And now back to Harry's stories ......
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2017, 14:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Sidevalve: That link contains a 'Share Token'...

Sidevalve: That link contains a 'Share Token' that permits it to be seen beyond the Times paywall. Or does that not work outside the UK? If not, I'll see what can be done about putting it here.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2017, 11:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Back to Escape Lines for a moment, and further to...

Back to Escape Lines for a moment, and further to my #11119, I see that today's Times has published an obituary for Halifax pilot John Evans. Not surprisingly, it concentrates on his evasion story:...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2017, 20:57
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Whilst following George's story, I've been...

Whilst following George's story, I've been equally aware of that of FS John Evans, a pilot of 158 Sqn. Others may know of it via the short book "Airman Missing" by Greg Lewis. John's Halifax was...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2017, 15:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

AA62: You should find a PM in your message box.

AA62: You should find a PM in your message box.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2017, 15:35
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Danny: 10 Sqn had been detached to Burma in...

Danny: 10 Sqn had been detached to Burma in mid-March 1946 to drop rice and salt to Kachin villages in the mountains. I understand that the villagers had agreed to destroy their rice stocks to deny...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2017, 22:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

AA62: Right, I now know your man - a relatively...

AA62: Right, I now know your man - a relatively rare Bomber Command CO who wasn't a pilot. When he flew on Ops, it was normally as Air Bomber and when in India, as Second Pilot until a supply of...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2017, 18:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

AA62: I offer a possible explanation of the...

AA62: I offer a possible explanation of the Breighton/Middleton St George question regarding 78 Sqn. 10 Sqn, then also a 4 Gp Halifax unit, moved from Leeming to its own base at Melbourne, east of...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2017, 08:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Regrettably, especially given the selfless and...

Regrettably, especially given the selfless and courageous efforts of those running the escape lines, they and evading aircrew were also prey to collaborators infiltrating those lines. Largely the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jul 2017, 20:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

I'd say that I was most surprised at hearing that...

I'd say that I was most surprised at hearing that some material from 1940 had only just been released at Kew, and I can't say I heard anything that would have justified such a delay over the standard...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2017, 15:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

OK then - how about a map of Poona, circa 1945/6,...

OK then - how about a map of Poona, circa 1945/6, that recently turned up amongst the effects of a wartime WAAF. Does it stir any memories?
...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2017, 15:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Back to watches in India - from February 1946...

Back to watches in India - from February 1946 comes a scan of some advice on buying and looking after them, taken from a Squadron magazine published in Poona that month.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2017, 14:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

My first airborne hours were in one of those...

My first airborne hours were in one of those Rapides, circa 1943, flying from Renfrew (then Glasgow's airfield) to South Uist. And 70+ years later, I still recall reaching for the Sick Bag as we...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2017, 23:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

P1: I've no Maritime background but, on the nav...

P1: I've no Maritime background but, on the nav angle, insofar as it would have affected an ability to rendezvous, I am certainly aware of the Butt Report. Published in mid-1941, it demonstrated...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Apr 2017, 18:17
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Frank's story - 26 November 1941

Excellent, with that known, there's this:

On 26 November 1941, whilst operating Beaufighters from Landing Ground 10 (Ghrwla), 6 crews of 272 Sqn were tasked for a ground attack on Jedabaya, Soluch...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Apr 2017, 15:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Continuing from the above, if Sanna can send PMs...

Continuing from the above, if Sanna can send PMs then I too would love to get contact details from him.

I've obtained a section of the 272 Sqn record and it shows that it became known on the...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Apr 2017, 08:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

George Sproates

Sannatuu: Thanks for coming back on this - and I'm now certain we were dealing with the same chap. I've found a bit more since the last exchange and I'd hoped we might continue offline to...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2017, 12:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Sqn Ldr G Sproates

Krakatoa: Many thanks for that info - it ties up his Sunderland connection but he was a Flt Lt at the time of the award in August 1951, so probably not the CO. (Sunderlands, then Canberras soon...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2017, 17:31
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Ian, I believe that would have been Gp Capt...

Ian, I believe that would have been Gp Capt Verity, followed from 1965 by a string of 5 Air Cdres:

Station OCs - Middle East...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2017, 09:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

George Sproates

Pulse 1 & sannatuu:

I too am sorry to hear that Frank has died - at 98 it sounds as if he had a good innings.

I've continued looking into George Sproates' background and I'm now pretty much...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2017, 11:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Sannatuu: Do you know if this could be the same...

Sannatuu: Do you know if this could be the same navigator G Sproates who became Commanding Officer of 10 Squadron from 1955-56, when the unit was flying the Canberra jet bomber? Has participation in...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Feb 2017, 16:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Danny: At 10240 you mention the good work that...

Danny: At 10240 you mention the good work that could be done with an ACR7. RAF Salalah had one back in the mid-60s that had occasionally to be used for real - and that meant keeping its operator...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th May 2016, 10:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Danny, some confirmation on chaps being posted to...

Danny, some confirmation on chaps being posted to gliders late in the war comes from a Flight Commander on 10 Sqn, in India by late 1945 after converting to Dakotas. Writing home to his wife, he...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2016, 18:10
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,838,087
Posted By ICM

Harry: Whilst I can't add anything at all as to...

Harry: Whilst I can't add anything at all as to the potential invasion area, I'm aware that squadrons of 4 Gp, Bomber Command, were transferred to Transport Command on 7 May 1945, as the war in...
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