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Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 10:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Chug, I don't think WW2 aircraft had de-icing...

Chug, I don't think WW2 aircraft had de-icing other than Kilfrost paste which is like a brown grease to smear along leading edges and props. It was still available in the 1960s, a brave friend used...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2024, 16:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Thanks for the pointer Paul, this looks an...

Thanks for the pointer Paul, this looks an interesting book, I haven't seen anything about Manchester handling although it was clearly bad news otherwise. Donation plus Giftaid made to RAFA.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 18:54
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London, Special...

Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London, Special operator, 101 Sqn, concludes his account of special operations from Ludford Magna in Lincolnshire

AS THE years have gone by life has of course developed...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 16:44
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Airfield height presumably was a factor in the...

Airfield height presumably was a factor in the bitterly cold winds which swept the Wolds, as remembered by one who spent four childhood years at Binbrook. But they wouldn't concern me as much as the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 10:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Ooooh dear. Thank goodness for Wiki to keep me...

Ooooh dear. Thank goodness for Wiki to keep me right.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2024, 16:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

By Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London. Special...

By Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London. Special operator, 101 Sqn Royal Air Force.

CREWING UP was to follow shortly, but on our first evening in the officers' mess we had met two Canadian pilots,...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2024, 11:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

My father's friend at Binbrook in 1949/50, Bob...

My father's friend at Binbrook in 1949/50, Bob Nash from Vancouver, survived two tours on Lancasters, concerning which the nine-yr-old Geri pestered the life out of him. Despite all he loved flying...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2024, 14:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

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IT WAS a very exciting time. We were sent to No.1 LFS (Lancaster Finishing School) at...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2024, 14:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

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By Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London. Special Operator, 101 Sqn Royal Air Force....
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2024, 16:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

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Ron Homes recreated those terrifying moments in his painting, A Night to...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2024, 10:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Wonderful memories of your godfather, Ian, and...

Wonderful memories of your godfather, Ian, and his meticulous plotting. I have wondered at the skills of the navs, from steering their way through the fiery skies of the Reich to pinpointing targets...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jan 2024, 20:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

DELIGHTED to see you back on frequency, Taphappy,...

DELIGHTED to see you back on frequency, Taphappy, and that you enjoyed this gripping account which ranks among the best on this thread, I think. Ron’s postwar career post is almost complete, then...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2024, 15:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember - part 18 In which an...

A Night to Remember - part 18
In which an exhausted crew of a wrecked aircraft make their own way back to Ludford, where they face the same ordeal 12 times over.

SILENCE at last, everything is...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2024, 15:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Yes Chug, I'm sure we all wondered about the...

Yes Chug, I'm sure we all wondered about the engine loss too. I think it may have been that multi-engine bogey, feathering the wrong engine. If I remember from my boyhood lessons the Lancaster...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2024, 11:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember --- part 17 “WOODBRIDGE...

A Night to Remember --- part 17

“WOODBRIDGE from Nan Squared we only have one green, starboard leg is down but we don’t know if it’s locked, over”. “Roger Nan Squared can you do a circuit and be...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2024, 16:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -- part 16 . . . . . . . ....

A Night to Remember -- part 16 . . . . . . . . Clear of the flak, and at last a bearing for home

Editor’s warning: Today’s sensitive souls on satnavs may not wish to read this account which...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2024, 13:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER -- Part 15 A pinpoint at...

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER -- Part 15
A pinpoint at last ... but it's an island fortress bristling with Flak artillery
...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2024, 12:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -- part 14 One hour 30 min...

A Night to Remember -- part 14
One hour 30 min fuel remaining, but it’s one hour 50 to base

“PILOT to crew, OK chaps we’ve now got three engines again which should get us home alright if we are...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2024, 15:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember --part 13 .......... Losing...

A Night to Remember --part 13 .......... Losing height, Ron struggles to hold the Lancaster on one engine

THE engineer looks puzzled and runs his eyes over the controls and instruments and I...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2024, 15:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember part 12 ............ Away...

A Night to Remember part 12 ............ Away from the target, all’s well -- until the fighter strikes

YOU CAN sense the massive release of tension in the crew as the engines’ roar takes on a...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2024, 16:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -- part 11 Bombs gone,...

A Night to Remember -- part 11 Bombs gone, now let’s head for home

BOMBS are beginning to go down over the target now, and I tune into the frequency for the Master Bomber. His voice is just...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2024, 13:44
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -- part 10. Eight minutes to...

A Night to Remember -- part 10. Eight minutes to target, and green markers are going down

ONWARD into the night we drone, check the heading, the airspeed, the altimeter, we’ve gained a couple of...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2024, 11:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Bravo Brian, I shall link all this info in the...

Bravo Brian, I shall link all this info in the epilogue to follow Ron's wonderful story. We do know that Danny left Burma in 1944, from his e-book In with a Vengeance: All six Vengeance squadrons...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2024, 12:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Nght to Remember -part 9. By RONALD HOMES,...

A Nght to Remember -part 9. By RONALD HOMES, pilot, 101 Special Duties Sqn RAF

STARING into the black night sky to hold onto a black smudge while you’re searching the blackness for other black...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2024, 11:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

The Electronic War

AS RONALD and his crew cross the North Sea on the first leg of their long journey, here is a very brief account of their vital duties in the skies over occupied Europe.

What we now know as...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2024, 11:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Yes Chug, I was swept away by the writing style...

Yes Chug, I was swept away by the writing style and the detail which gets better and better, even my wife was spellbound as she had enough flying knowledge to walk away from our Arrow should I have...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2024, 16:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -part 8 ONWARD and...

A Night to Remember -part 8

ONWARD and upward the steady drone goes on, with the regular scan of the instruments and the night outside punctuated at regular intervals by the crew check. Everybody...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2024, 13:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Nght to Remember -part 7 THE higher we...

A Nght to Remember -part 7

THE higher we climb the brighter it gets and now the low setting sun glistens on our Perspex and that of the swarm of Lancasters that are gathering around us and all...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2024, 14:07
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -part 6 ...

A Night to Remember -part 6

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Night after night, in all weathers, station...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2024, 16:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -part 5 IN THE cool half...

A Night to Remember -part 5

IN THE cool half light of the evening, the aircraft stands there, big, black and menacing against a turquoise sky. The ground crew greet us with words of assurance as...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2024, 14:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -part 4 AS WE file into...

A Night to Remember -part 4

AS WE file into the briefing room all eyes go to the big map on the wall to see where the red ribbon goes to. Where is it? Frankfurt? Mainz? The loud general chatter...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2024, 14:46
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A night to remember -part 3 THE Mess is very...

A night to remember -part 3

THE Mess is very quiet, everybody subdued and deep in their own thoughts, most of the armchairs are occupied with lounging figures pretending to read well-thumbed...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2024, 15:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Oh yes, ramble away, Chug, there's ever fewer of...

Oh yes, ramble away, Chug, there's ever fewer of us to do so! This much followed thread, still the most viewed on Prune at 4,708,674 views and now attracting 800 views per day since it re-activated,...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2024, 13:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

A night to remember: part 2 WE set off...

A night to remember: part 2

WE set off around the perimeter track on our bikes and already the bowsers, heavy with fuel, are approaching the aircraft to fill up their tanks with thousands of...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2023, 12:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,830,917
Posted By Geriaviator

Pilot Officer Ronald Homes served as a pilot from...

Pilot Officer Ronald Homes served as a pilot from October 1940 to August 1946. His operational flying included Lancasters on 101 Squadron in Europe and Dakotas on 238 Squadron in India and Burma,...
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