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Post by agalbraith on Nov 2, 2014 9:15:24 GMT 12
Quite a few I suspect Dave, when I was at Wigram I seemed to recall a few photos, including Corsairs landing with brakes on! They sure leave an interesting skid pattern on the tarmac.....probably skid patterns in other places as well...Lol!
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Post by camtech on Nov 2, 2014 11:03:57 GMT 12
Looks more like - "Oops, boss, forgot that ditch was there."
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Post by baz62 on Nov 2, 2014 12:44:16 GMT 12
interesting that the prop blades look straight. either a sudden stop as it was just idling or maybe he flicked the mags off/Mixture to Idle-Cutoff when he thought he might be in a spot of bother? Dramatic photo, make a good diorama!
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Post by starr on Nov 2, 2014 13:29:43 GMT 12
The drains at Ardmore claimed quite a few aircraft, Corsairs, Kittyhawks, and others.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 3, 2014 12:40:16 GMT 12
Dad and my Uncle were young boys during the war living across the road from Ardmore, and they would sneak onto the airfield along with some of their mates, using the drains as a way to make their way closer to see stuff without being seen. One evening they were doing this when the fire engine came around with a Bren gun mounted on top firing into the drains to scare the birds. Bullets flew over their heads as the gunner never saw them! Bloody lucky!
Dad and Nana remembered seeing a number of Corsairs tipped onto their nose on landing when the brakes were applied or locked on. They also had a few end up in their paddocks across the road (where Venom ZK-VNM also ended up years later).
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 13, 2014 17:44:23 GMT 12
NZ5343 after a wheels up landing and fire at Piva North Strip, Bougainville, Friday 13 April 45. Colourised by Dave Homewood
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 14, 2014 10:07:24 GMT 12
Nice colourisation work Dave, that brings the scene to life.
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Post by camtech on Nov 14, 2014 10:24:32 GMT 12
Nice!!!!
Looks just like a real colour photo of the time.
Someone remind me of the serial, please.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Nov 14, 2014 10:26:17 GMT 12
NZ5343 after a wheels up landing and fire at Piva North Strip, Bougainville, Friday 13 April 45. Colourised by Dave Homewood NZ5343 as stated
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Post by starr on Nov 14, 2014 11:37:32 GMT 12
Only had one aircraft "invade" our property during the war. A Corsair, which I believe was flown by Don Moore (who passed away recently) ran out of fuel and did not quite make it back to Ardmore. At the same time another Corsair flipped on the runway on landing. I can't remember a great deal about the accident as I was only 4 at the time. My eldest sister was home from nursing at Hamilton and rushed down the paddock to make sure the pilot was ok. She collapsed when she got to the site only to be helped by Don. I can remember the front fence being cut to allow the aircraft to be towed on to Hamlins road and then towed back to the airfields. There were quite a few aircraft which ended off the runways at the other end of the airfield and on the end of the runway where Dave Homewood's family lived.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 14, 2014 12:36:17 GMT 12
Yes indeed. Nana and Dad said that several ended up in their Airfield Road farm paddocks. One in particular stuck in Dad's memory as the pilot had his hand, or hands, sliced off by the canopy that slammed shut on them. Dad was a kid but he recalled picking one of the hands up to take to the pilot and it was moving in his hand. My grandfather Jim gave first aid to the pilot having pulled him from the wreck. Dad and my grandad had actually been working in tyhat paddock when the aeroplane crashed!
They said whenever there was a crash the fire crew and crane and other trucks would be on the scene in an instant, and as soon as they'd cleared the scene another crew arrived and would repair the wire strain fence and replace the broken battens. I'm sure Dad said the fire engine had a wire cutter on its front so it could just plough through the No. 8 wires and cut them without stopping.
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Post by camtech on Nov 14, 2014 13:52:56 GMT 12
Sorry was having a senior moment, while working on Cricket World Cup and FIFA under 20 stuff. Brain is struggling to make sense of everything.
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Post by planecrazy on Nov 14, 2014 20:36:25 GMT 12
Great pic's those on the previous page of NZ 5362, just a question about the drop tank, I am guessing it is an optical illusion that it is mounted that far forward on the centre line, so I am guessing it is mounted on the starboard pylon. If this is so wouldn't this create a yaw from the drag, or perhaps both tanks where dropped and the starboard one got hung up? Love the weathering and how sharp the image is, thank you for sharing!
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Post by ZacYates on Sept 1, 2016 15:09:27 GMT 12
Time to revive the thread!
Does anyone have colour photos of NZ5648 in its NZ5611/"Josephine" guise? I have one colour (Shorty's stash, at MOTAT behind a little fence) and several B&Ws (Shorty again, one from Peter L). I'd like to do a 1/48 model of it in that scheme as it was at the Hamilton show where it accidentally flew. Unfortunately Mike "43willys"' ones have been moved or deleted from Photobucket so no longer show here or there.
Does anyone have anything? And can anyone tell me if the clipped tips were the same as FAA ones?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 1, 2016 15:51:52 GMT 12
There's a nice coloured Don Noble photo of it in "Aircraft of the Riyal New Zealand Air Force" by David Duxbury, Ross Ewing and Ross Macpherson (Heinmann, 1987).
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Post by ZacYates on Sept 1, 2016 16:54:43 GMT 12
Thanks Dave, that's a book I need to keep my eyes open for.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 14, 2017 0:54:24 GMT 12
Flight Officer W A L Trott, DFC, at RNZAF, Ohakea. Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. NZ National Library photo
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Post by agalbraith on Aug 14, 2017 11:34:22 GMT 12
Lovely photo Dave! Thanks for posting
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Post by camtech on Aug 14, 2017 13:24:26 GMT 12
Interesting, Dave - I found that photo among my set, and had intended to post it in thread that relates to fighter aces as his name appears there.
What I can add from the back of the photo is that it was taken at Ohakea on 24 February 1947, Whites Neg no 5683
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Post by camtech on Aug 14, 2017 13:33:27 GMT 12
Further to the above, the caption Dave quoted is actually that on the back of the photo, although I believe Trott was a Flight Lieutenant by this time.
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