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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 15, 2009 14:56:44 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 15, 2009 15:20:49 GMT 12
In my photos above if you look at the photos looking through the window into the cabin, look through the far windows and outside on the port of the fuselage you'll see the superstructure for the replica Oxford.
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Post by Bruce on Jun 15, 2009 15:27:00 GMT 12
Take a look through the .... Square window.... (PlaySchool)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 15, 2009 15:56:51 GMT 12
Thank you Humpty Numpty
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Post by hairy on Jun 15, 2009 21:04:21 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 15, 2009 21:50:20 GMT 12
Huge thanks for that Marcus (and Leo!), that walk around is neat.
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Post by ZacYates on Jun 15, 2009 22:15:57 GMT 12
Great stuff! Thank you so much for posting, Marcus. Almost like you're walking around it yourself....wearing grey shades.....
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Post by ZacYates on Jun 17, 2009 19:00:32 GMT 12
Not Kiwi, but Oxford.....a 1/3 radio-control Oxbox. Superb!
Interesting that John Skene is the builder of that cockpit...he was in at work very recently! Had no idea.
Keep the Ox photos coming! Any of the Consul/Oxford at Wigram? I don;t recall much of it during my last visit there in 2007.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 17, 2009 19:11:34 GMT 12
John used to be a member of the forum too back in the olden days but I haven't seen him round here for a couple of years.
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Post by hairy on Jun 17, 2009 21:54:30 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 17, 2009 22:26:54 GMT 12
Brilliant photos Marcus. Is that a Squadron Leader's pennant on NZ2116? Which squadron or unit used AX codes? It looks like it might be a unit commander's personal hack. Very interesting. I guess by the location it was based at Hobsonville, maybe the Station Commander?
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Post by hairy on Jun 17, 2009 23:19:01 GMT 12
Which squadron or unit used AX codes? According to Charles Darbys "RNZAF - the first decade 1937-46" (page 118), AX was the code for 14 Squadron post-war.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 17, 2009 23:39:29 GMT 12
Thanks. I never thought about post-war. Makes sense.
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Post by harvard1041 on Jun 18, 2009 9:24:42 GMT 12
Great shots of the Oxfords...just neat !
Recognise the location of NZ1342 in Blenheim - that's outside Charlie Saunders old garage - Mayfield Motors (Briscoes is there now) - much of it ended up around at Charlies place eventually - but now long gone.
There was always a ton of Oxford stuff around Blenheim even in the early 1980s...but that too has dried up - a couple of keen collectors have found good use for it..even 'young' Radiculous - who built the one running at Omaka - any photos there Al ?
Used to have a few Oxford bits and Cheetahs etc but have traded them off now... last engine went to Don Subz. about a year back.
Think there might actually be (at least) three Oxfords under rebuilt...a couple of guys up North are building one - using a lot of Australian sources bits ...
Cheers John.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 18, 2009 10:44:16 GMT 12
Interesting about the third under rebuild John, I wonder if that's the one owned by the chap connected with the Mosquito project? He bought it off TradeMe from Chris Rudge if I remember right.
I recall seeig a Cheetah engine from an Oxford run at Omaka's Classic Fighter show in 2007 and the sound was fantastic. I have a real soft spot for the Oxford and think it's a really nice looking aeroplane for its time. I wish there were a few around in flying condition in NZ.
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Post by shamus on Jun 18, 2009 13:58:46 GMT 12
Some more OxBox photos. Not so good shot of a line-up. A better line-up. An engineer? in front . Oxford cockpit.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 18, 2009 15:43:41 GMT 12
Those are neat photos Shamus. It's great to see so many previously unpublished photos coming out of the woodwork showing RNZAF Oxbox's. I'm glad I began this thread now.
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Post by htbrst on Jun 18, 2009 20:29:38 GMT 12
I havent seen any mention of NZ277 in here just yet... Last year we discovered that parts of NZ277 were recovered by the Taranaki Aviation and Technology Museum near New Plymouth. NZ277 was one of the Oxfords my Grandfather flew while training at Paraparaumu - practice bombing on the Foxton Sanddunes. "On 23rd October 1942 this aircraft, with a crew consisting of Pilot Officer Rodney Dandey, Sgt Douglas Martyn, Sgt Graham Martin, and Sgt Edward Dodson, went missing in bad weather on a wireless telegraphy training flight. In January 1974 the aircraft, along with the remains of the crew, was found by a hunter, Mr Errol Clince, on the Northern slopes of Mt Egmont. " Anyway, since we were quite close, my father took my grandfather to New Plymoth to reaquaint himself with the aircraft... (the year is 1941) I might go thorugh his logbook and see if I can find any others in this thread
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 18, 2009 20:38:59 GMT 12
Interesting stuff htbrst, nice to see your grandfather reunited with the Oxford remains.
What was the training unit at Paraparaumu? I've only heard of that place as being a reserve fighter airfield. Was it a sattelite to Ohakea?
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Post by htbrst on Jun 18, 2009 20:53:39 GMT 12
He was posted to No 3 Flying training School - They were posted to Ohakea but reconstruction work on the runways was being done at that time so they were detached to Bell Block near New Plymouth from july until august
After 6 weeks, they were then detached to Paraparaumu from with stores being send down from Ohakea
"The Bell Block training was followed by an advanced flying course at Paraparaumu, then just a grass field with no buildings on it. We had a great time there learning the techniques of navigation, bombing and airgunnery and for that purpose were paired off, piloting the aircraft while your partner carried out the other specialist tasks and then swapping roles. "
They dropped smoke bombs in the bombing range near foxton, and also did air gunnery where they would fire a lewis gun at a drouge towed by a Hind.
Not long after he was on a ship to England
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