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Post by Tony on Jul 19, 2012 8:55:40 GMT 12
Woohoo ;D ;D Dave - my leave has been approved Two places please - for me and son Blair
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Post by Tony on Jul 18, 2012 20:34:13 GMT 12
From: Royal New Zealand Air Force Sqn Ldr J M Ross 1955 The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945
No. 23 fighter squadron Formed August 1944; disbanded October 1945.
Aircraft: Corsairs.
Commanding Officers Squadron Leader J. J. de Willimoff August 1944–May 1945 Squadron Leader D. E. Hogan May–October 1945
Tours of Duty Santo September–October 1944 Los Negros November–December 1944 Guadalcanal February–March 1945 Emirau March–May 1945 Bougainville June–October 1945
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Post by Tony on Jul 6, 2012 0:40:30 GMT 12
BoC 487 Sqn April 1945. Flew its ops with 21 Sqn as YH-D starting with an attack on a V1 site, 6th February 1944 and finishing with an attack on railway installations 29-30th November 1944. Unsure if it flew ops with 487 edit Just found this: forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/400678-Mosquito-trivia-Forums
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Post by Tony on Jul 6, 2012 0:24:14 GMT 12
LR385 EG- ? I have it listed as flying 104 Ops total throughout its career. I don't have a reference listed although either of these books would likely be my source. 2 Group RAF: A Complete History, 1936–1945 - MJF Boyer Mosquito - C Martin Sharp & MJF Boyer
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Post by Tony on Jul 6, 2012 0:04:49 GMT 12
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Post by Tony on Jul 5, 2012 23:58:42 GMT 12
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Post by Tony on Jul 5, 2012 23:13:09 GMT 12
S W E E T
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Post by Tony on Jul 4, 2012 16:08:00 GMT 12
Hmmm Deep pockets. Good luck, it will be a nice piece of aviation history back in the air
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Post by Tony on Jul 4, 2012 16:06:14 GMT 12
That is nice. Brake chute housing removed as well, nice to see.
Nice touch re the 2 Sqn marking.
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Post by Tony on Jul 4, 2012 15:40:35 GMT 12
Fantastic. Will have to stop for a change rather than drive right past.
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Post by Tony on Jul 4, 2012 15:23:02 GMT 12
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Post by Tony on Jun 29, 2012 2:05:22 GMT 12
Very nice Luther
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Post by Tony on Jun 29, 2012 1:05:16 GMT 12
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Post by Tony on Jun 28, 2012 3:05:56 GMT 12
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Post by Tony on Jun 28, 2012 1:14:43 GMT 12
The true story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Audacious_(1912)Added to Davy Jones's Locker October 27, 1914 Following the sinking: "Jellicoe immediately proposed that the sinking be kept a secret, to which the Board of Admiralty and the British Cabinet agreed, an act open to ridicule later on. For the rest of the war, Audacious' name remained on all public lists of ship movements and activities. Many Americans on board Olympic were beyond British jurisdiction and discussed the sinking. Many photos, and even one moving film, had been taken. By 19 November, the loss of the ship was accepted in Germany.[10] Jellicoe's opposite number in Germany, Reinhard Scheer, wrote after the war, "In the case of the Audacious we can but approve the English attitude of not revealing a weakness to the enemy, because accurate information about the other side's strength has a decisive effect on the decisions taken." " The New Zealander may have hailed from Cambridge University
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Post by Tony on Jun 28, 2012 0:51:09 GMT 12
The Wellingtons are from 9 Squadron and carried KA codes. There were a series of pictures taken of the Balbo from various angles
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Post by Tony on Jun 27, 2012 21:48:08 GMT 12
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Post by Tony on Jun 22, 2012 0:41:33 GMT 12
From: rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Wartime&action=display&thread=1241&page=5Skipper Ben Dallenger with the Tiki Stirling. All the crew were killed on the night of 17/9/42 on a raid to Essen, part of 17 New Zealanders killed that night on a large scale raid which drew on Wellingtons from Operational Training Units. This crew was on its 5th Operation together. Graham Burgess was the original skipper of this crew but had been hospitalised with pluresey and eventually was shipped home to recover.
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Post by Tony on Jun 21, 2012 21:37:40 GMT 12
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Post by Tony on Jun 21, 2012 21:25:18 GMT 12
What is the correct designation for ACM?
Avro 694 Sport Avian MkIVM or Avro 616 Sports Avian?
I watched Keith Trillo depart NORDO from Wellington on its final flight from the Capital. I was at my favourite spot, Crash Gate D above the Calabar Rd access tunnel. I waved like mad and he waved back.
I realised that I had more than likely seen the last (non-radio equipped) biplane depart Wellington. Just as I was aware all those years ago when I watched an RNZAF Tiger Moth land over the airport works, from my Aunties place at Moa Point. This was just before Rongotai closed and my Aunties house was demolished. I told my dad that it was a sight me might not see again.
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