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Post by chinapilot on May 29, 2022 16:41:04 GMT 12
Interesting to see the recently posted photos.
Noel Faircloth was active in the general aviation scene after the war.
Great guy but unfortunately died in the Tahiti Pan Am accident in 1974 (May have been the Pago Pago one).
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Post by baronbeeza on May 29, 2022 17:57:27 GMT 12
"Group of No. 486 Squadron members at a reunion at RNZAF Base Wigram.- 20/11/1982"
I was living in the mess at that time. I remember the guys gathering outside for these pics.
They looked at me and remarked that I appeared so young. A reminder to them as to how fresh faced they would have been.
That was 40 years ago, the same length of time between their service and the re-union.
I was in uniform so may have even been Orderly Officer at the time.
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Post by errolmartyn on May 29, 2022 22:38:18 GMT 12
Interesting to see the recently posted photos. Noel Faircloth was active in the general aviation scene after the war. Great guy but unfortunately died in the Tahiti Pan Am accident in 1974 (May have been the Pago Pago one). WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY 1974 Pan American World Awirays Boeing 707-321B N454PA Clipper Radiant (American Samoa) Total 101 on board – 10 Crew + 91 passengers: 9 + 82 died the day of the crash, 1 pax on 31 Jan, 2 pax & 1 crew 2 Feb & 1 pax 8 Feb = 97 dead and 4 survivors. Errol
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Post by delticman on May 29, 2022 22:46:47 GMT 12
Noel was Chief Flying instructor at Wanganui Aero Club in early 1960's.
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Post by chinapilot on May 30, 2022 20:21:17 GMT 12
Thanks Errol - wasn’t in NZ at the time and heard about Noel dying in one of them years later. They also lost one in Bali that year also. Sad end to a great guy after what he had done during the war and in aviation afterwards.
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Post by philipb on Mar 29, 2023 1:06:08 GMT 12
Hi 'Skywise', can you check the spelling you have for Kevin with his son Terry, as research seems to indicate it's 'McCarthy' rather than 'MacCarthy' and in which case provides the following photos from the Air Force Museum collection. "Group of No. 486 Squadron 'A' Flight personnel in their dispersal room, RAF Station Tangmere. - Circa June 1943 (MUS95173).(link) L-R: Standing; LJ Appleton, JG Wilson, K McCarthy, JR Powell, AH Smith, F Murphy, NE Preston, RH Fitzgibbon. Seated; DJ Scott, NW Faircloth. On Floor; RJ Danzey, Flight Lieutenant HN Thomas (Intelligence Officer), M Lees, JA Froggatt.""Group of No. 486 Squadron personnel in front of Typhoon SA-F, at RAF Station, Tangmere. Circa 1944 (PR8495) (link) L-R: On propeller; JR Cullen, F Murphy, WJ Swinton. On wing; JR Powell, NW Faircloth, RH Fitzgibbon, RJ Dall, JA Frogatt, DG Fail, K McCarthy, Jones, NE Preston (leaning forward), LJ Appleton, RJ Danzey, CN Gall, N Parkes (armourer). Standing; AN Sames, MO Jorgensen, Flight Lieutenant HN Thomas (Intelligence Officer), WB Tyerman, Group Captain WJ Crisham, DJ Scott, ID Waddy, AH Smith, JG Wilson, Seward, Thomson.""Group of No. 486 Squadron members at a reunion at RNZAF Base Wigram.- 20/11/1982 (2012-405.194) (link) L-R: Back; Steedman, Gearon, Cooke, Sweetman, Evans, Atkinson, Walker, Wilson, McDonald, Appleton, MacAlister. Middle; O'Connor, Bill Hart, McCarthy, McCaw, Waddy, Scott, Sheddan, Smith, Eagleson, Fittall, Burgess, Warren, Hart. Front; Ross, Miller, Brash, Parkes, Duncan.""No. 486 Squadron members at a reunion at RNZAF Base Wigram forming the number "486". - 20/11/1982 (2012-405.195)" ( link)
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