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Post by shorty on Jun 27, 2008 22:05:38 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 28, 2008 12:20:37 GMT 12
Interesting. ATS meant Advanced Training Squadron of a Service Flying Training School.
There were three SFTS's, No. 1 SFTS at Wigram, No. 2 SFTS at Woodbourne and No. 3 SFTS at Ohakea. I don't know which SFTS that NZ1301 served at but my suspiscions are this is Woodbourne? NZ1301 doesn't seem to have even suffered any damage to speak of.
Great photos Shorty.
As an aside you may be aware of the famous photo of an Oxford that taxied into the Wigram tower when the brakes failed? I've met the pilot of that aircraft. Luckily as it was mechanical error he never got into trouble.
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Post by shorty on Jun 28, 2008 14:16:01 GMT 12
No, I've not seen that photo.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 28, 2008 15:19:34 GMT 12
The trainee pilot was Bill Goer. This is photographed from Warren Russell's first book but this photo has appeared in a few other publications too. Very little damage, if any, done when the brakes failed and it coasted in to a slight bump. That book has a number of worse Oxford whoopses in it too.  |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jun 28, 2008 15:36:16 GMT 12
When I said report to me , I didn't mean in your plane!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 28, 2008 15:54:33 GMT 12
As that building under the tower was the Headquarters building back then I wonder if the windows he nosed up to belonged to the Station Commander's office. It would give the office wallah a fright to hear the bump and look out and see a plane in your face.
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Post by shorty on Jun 28, 2008 16:58:15 GMT 12
Silly me, I have seen it as I have Warrens book. Here is a shot of NZ 1249 from the same page but a different angle  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 28, 2008 18:41:45 GMT 12
Cool shot.
Interesting to see Warren Russell's caption states the cowl is red, but your shot clearly shows it's not, and is yellow.
I would also have thought that with the red cowls that aircraft would belong to CFS and not No. 1 FTS as he mentions. (Being March 1944 it would have been No. 1 SFTS at any rate, wouldn't it? He must have been having a bad day when he wrote that one)
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