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Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2013, 10:04
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Posted By fredjhh

Fred's family thank you all for your LOVELY...

Fred's family thank you all for your LOVELY comments. He lived with us in the annexe for 8 years so we have a HUGE hole in our lives and we miss him terribly. We are having a memorial service in St...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2013, 09:56
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Posted By fredjhh

RIP Fred 6.3.21 - 2.11.12

No, not Fred - his daughter on his iMac. Dad sadly died on November 2nd after a debilitating struggle with bronchiectasis - having been a lifelong hater of smoking this was particularly cruel. I am...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2012, 13:03
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Posted By fredjhh

To Danny42C etc.

Still here, but only reading with nothing to contribute. Even typing this line is hard, but keep up this very interesting thread. Does any one know a cure for 'loss of taste'?
I haven't been...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Sep 2012, 13:43
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Posted By fredjhh

Dann42c, Chugalu2 and many others

Thank you for all your help, chaps. We seemed to have solved the problem. My wonderful daughter bought me an I-Pad, thinking it would be much easier for me to handle than my 16" Laptop. It is...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2012, 14:23
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

fredjhh

After a most miserable two weeks in a Rest Home, to give my family a much needed rest from me, I am back home. While away my grandson, in addition to working his vacation, has found my old diaries...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2012, 16:28
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Posted By fredjhh

APOLOGIES

To Danny42C

Never lose touch with Pprune. Re-joining has driven me up the wall.
I stopped regular communications when I finished my flying training but certain other points caught my eye and I...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jul 2012, 14:27
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

Cost of a Jumbo

There was no call for Elephants in the UK in WW2, but when my room mate left his Oxford at 6,000 feet, flying from Lyneham in 1941, he found he was presented with a “Bill” from the Instructors.

...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2012, 17:37
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Posted By fredjhh

cliffnemo

To all Pprune's of this great thread. I received this e-mail a few moments ago.

Dear Fred,
I am the son of Clifford Leach.
Thanks for the kind letter which we received yesterday morning....
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2012, 21:50
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Posted By fredjhh

Cliffnemo

I have obtained Cliff's home address and I have written to him, or to his family.
If I get a reply I will post it on the thread.
Fredjhh
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2012, 22:37
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Posted By fredjhh

Danny gets stuck

Now what? I could see by squinting sideways, and reach the spadegrip at full stretch. I could still fly, but I certainly couldn't land.

Shades of Saturday morning cinema in the 1920s. Last few...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2012, 22:32
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Posted By fredjhh

Straps, beds, rear springs, and the ATA!

a lever called the 'Pilot's Harness Release Lever' which is situated on the right on the outside front of the arm rest and attached to it (which can be raised so the pilot can get in or out of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Mar 2012, 11:06
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Posted By fredjhh

Halifax and Fox Moth

Rmventuri 2408
I never encountered difficult with the rudders until I was shot down.
The rudder trouble was a combination of the irregular airflow, as the Merlins were supposed to be set too...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2012, 10:55
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Views: 4,822,299
Posted By fredjhh

Danny42C 2400

Danny.
All Transit camps are basically the same, nothing much happens apart from meals and the occasional inspection or roll-call, while you wait for your posting to arrive. In fact, it must be much...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2012, 22:20
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Posted By fredjhh

Danny42c 2398

You are right. Most AFUs were based on SFTS schools.
I don't think the early bomb-aimers were "bribed" with commissions, - the Bomb Aimer I mentioned was 33, wealthy, and had spent two years as an...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2012, 19:06
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Posted By fredjhh

Danny42C 2396

One item of training in the UK which has not been mentioned is The Grading School. I first met some one who was at a grading school in late 1941, I think it was at Cliffe Pypard, and he explained...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2012, 16:43
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Posted By fredjhh

My thanks to Cliff and all who wished me a Happy...

My thanks to Cliff and all who wished me a Happy Birthday, yesterday. Does this mean I am "The Oldest Member" of this thread? Fredjhh
TO Petet 2385
Have you been aboard the re-built Halifax...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2012, 17:31
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Posted By fredjhh

""As skies were clear and blue every day, we...

""As skies were clear and blue every day, we didn't need them. We flew about in blissful ignorance. If there was more than a cloud or two in the sky, solo flying was cancelled."

Had this been the...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2012, 19:13
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

Danny42c 2328

R.A.F. Flying Training. This list was pasted in Log books at EFTS.
A slightly different list was in SFTS training on Oxfords.

1. Air Experience
1a. Familiarity of...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2012, 14:30
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

Danny42C 15.02.12

Training in England in 1941 the EFTs course was nominally 50 hours over six weeks, and the SFTS course 80 hours over ten weeks. I think the SFTS had been upgraded from 65 hours, and I did meet pilots...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2012, 14:02
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Posted By fredjhh

Petet 2303

ACRC at Babbacombe in 1941 all cadets were in civilian billets for the two weeks, so no kit lay out was taught. At 5 ITW in Torquay the lay out was shown on the first day, together with instruction...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2012, 17:25
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Posted By fredjhh

Petet 2296

No card for ordinary clothing.
Card for Flying Clothing. Form Number not known but I still have mine - somewhere. I got away with my flying helmet, goggles, and oxygen mask complete with...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2012, 11:26
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

Replies

TommyOv 2266
I had three days at Cardington. The second morning was devoted to Maths tests and General Knowledge. In the afternoon we had all the medicals. The hearing test amused me. The MO...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2012, 17:38
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

ITW, Torquay

GLOJO: I was billetted in the TOORAK HOTEL. From Google Earth I can see the Hotel has been altered, but I can see the room I was in for six weeks, just above the front entrance.
DANNY42C:
We must...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2012, 18:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By fredjhh

Cliff's Birthday

A Very Happy Birthday
to "young " Cliff
from FredJHH

What a wonderful Service History from Padhist. Keep the thread going.
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2011, 17:06
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

GoJo

GoJoa
Tours were generally 30 operations and usually completed in 6 months, - if you lasted that long. There was a time after D-Day when the number was increased because of the shorter distances,...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2011, 18:23
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

tow1709

It is very good to read a further instalment of Peter's memoirs.
Gliding and powered forced landings were in the 1941 EFTS syllabus at Fairoaks in 1941, (Section 17)
A very good description of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2011, 21:38
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

The King's Flight

pbeach
The King's Flight was formed before WW2 for King Edward VIII and was kept on by George VI. I don't know if it was continued during the war but it was later The Queen's Flight. I...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2011, 22:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By fredjhh

Snaith Halifax Variants

Rmventuri
I only ever saw Halifaxes with Triangular fins. I had one of the first
Halifax 2a series 1 with the perspex nose cone, but still with old fins and rudders, delivered in June 1943. Most of...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2011, 14:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By fredjhh

Rmventury

During the 18 months I was a prisoner of war I saw no Monoply Boards, but I do know that there were various ways in which we received escape material.
The Red Cross parcels were NEVER used. An...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2010, 19:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By fredjhh

Stone69

I don’t remember having viewed the outlook from the pilot’s seat as being restricted.
After flying the Whitley for over a year, the height difference was the most noticeable aspect. I seem to...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2010, 12:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By fredjhh

pbeach

The Milan Raid referred to was on 14th/15th February, 1943. My great friend throughout training, Sgt Ivan Hazard, was the Pilot. One crew member baled out. The Navigator was awarded the DSO, (NOT...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2010, 12:45
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By fredjhh

HIPPER

The inner handles, inside the control column of the Halifax, are the brake levers. The rudder pedals control the differential of the brake power.
fredjhh
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Nov 2010, 18:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By fredjhh

Cliffnemo

Cliff.
The two photos I must have left in the Pilot's Notes. I did not know they were there. The second one is a rather cramped shot of the Engineer's panel, looking back from below the step down...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Nov 2010, 19:31
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By fredjhh

Bossmovo

May I correct the story of the liberating of Stalag IVb?
The Germans left on the 22nd April 1945. The only incident was by a group who began to tear down the Polish hut, as the Poles chose to go...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Nov 2010, 18:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By fredjhh

cliffnemo & brossmovo

Halifax JD 118 was a Mk 2 Series 1a............. Built between Apl - July 1943.
Halifax HR 930 was a Mk 2 Series 1 Built between Mar -July 1943. HR 930 had the blanked-of nose turret...
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