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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 1, 2021 18:42:23 GMT 12
Check out this awesome footage that Mike Nicholls came across and sent to me, including shots of No. 14 (Occupational) Squadron RNZAF Corsairs. Brilliant!
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Jul 1, 2021 22:30:36 GMT 12
Great historical gem!
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Post by Mustang51 on Jul 2, 2021 0:05:12 GMT 12
Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic.......looked like the Stockton Range new Williamtown for the Australian military and civilian shots. The Japan and malaya shots fantastic. Just a tease of what I thought a No.33 Sqn Tempest II in there and behind one of the Lincoln shots I thought I saw a Hornet landing. The Mustang shots fantastic. Better than anything else I have seen. I have a shot in still of those two Mustangs doing that low level beat-up in Japan. camouflage on runway still evident. Wonderful !!!!!
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Post by chrism on Jul 4, 2021 21:31:26 GMT 12
That's some awesome footage alright! The twin engine plane starting up at 2 minutes in had me baffled for a little while until google came to the rescue, Northrop F15a Reporter. Never knew it existed until I viewed the clip!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2021 22:09:05 GMT 12
The Reporter is such a sporty thing, it was neat to see it pop up!
The range of types included is wonderful - a Kiwi Corsair parks next to a Spitfire XIV in front of a line of RAAF Mustangs? So cool!! What an amazing piece of history. Imagine if it was cleaned up/restored...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 4, 2021 22:31:53 GMT 12
Is the Lancastrian that lands at 6.06 mins in RAAF markings? Or is that RAF SEAC roundels still being used?
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Post by Mustang51 on Jul 5, 2021 10:23:34 GMT 12
It would be QANTAS but in RAAF markings. Think that footage of all the types was taken at an Armament Practice Camp. Loved that highly polished Spit
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 5, 2021 12:58:00 GMT 12
Oh wow, I never realised that Qantas had a Lancastrian. Why the RAAF roundel. was it on a military contract to service the men in Japan?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2021 14:16:45 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 5, 2021 15:13:04 GMT 12
Gee it didn't last long in Qantas service, fantastic then that it was caught on coloured film in Japan.
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Post by Mustang51 on Jul 5, 2021 19:06:04 GMT 12
QANTAS had 4 Lancastrians which, apart from Sydney London also operated on behalf of the RAAF to service the Australian element of BCOF Japan. BTW Lancastrian G-AGLF undertook a proving flight from UK to Auckland on 23 April 1945 covering the 13,380 miles in some 53hrs 13 min
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 5, 2021 20:50:27 GMT 12
Any idea when the other three Lancastrians entered Qantas service? That one in the link Zac posted was in service late 1948-April 1949, which is too late for those Corsairs to be the first echelon of No. 14 (Occupational) Squadron (with Bryan). But were any of the other three in service earlier? Could it be May 1946-March 1947 when Bryan's lot were there?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2021 22:11:51 GMT 12
I did wonder if the dates were a bit late, unfortunately that was the only Lancastrian I could find on the site. I'm surprised to learn they had four!
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Post by matthewhubbard on Jul 5, 2021 22:52:29 GMT 12
Imagine if it was cleaned up/restored... Hi all, original uploader to YouTube here. Syd was my grandfather and I wasn't expecting this much interest. I had compiled this footage as part of a project to put visuals to an audio tape Syd recorded and thought I may as well upload it. The original film reels should still be with the family somewhere. I'll try to answer any questions I can, I have his logbooks and photo albums I can refer to but that's really the extent of my aeroplane knowledge. |
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Post by Mustang51 on Jul 6, 2021 11:31:55 GMT 12
Matthew, Would love to obtain copies of those RAAF logbooks ! Having a 'peripheral' in Mustangs especially the RAAF and RNZAF variety
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 6, 2021 13:56:47 GMT 12
Welcome to the forum Matthew. Thanks so much for uploading the footage. Do you know the dates that your grandfather was in Japan please? Was he a pilot, or was he groundcrew?
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Post by matthewhubbard on Jul 6, 2021 15:46:24 GMT 12
Matthew, Would love to obtain copies of those RAAF logbooks ! Having a 'peripheral' in Mustangs especially the RAAF and RNZAF variety Happy to share. I've got the individual pages scanned but would like to stitch them together and compile into a complete set before uploading.
There's 14 years of entries so it will take a while but this will give me some inspiration to get it done.
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Post by matthewhubbard on Jul 6, 2021 16:00:47 GMT 12
Do you know the dates that your grandfather was in Japan please? Was he a pilot, or was he groundcrew? Thanks for the welcome. He was a pilot.
He was in Japan from April 1947 to September 1948 mostly flying Mustangs.
He also flew Lancasters in England with a brief stint on Spitfires just as the war was ending, flew Lincolns in Malaya and whatever was going in Australia.
There's a video on my Youtube channel where he tells his life story through aeroplanes but it's long at about 90mins so would only expect family and diehards to watch. There's chapters in the description if you want to skip to Japan to hear his version of his time there.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 6, 2021 16:30:48 GMT 12
Thanks, well those dates prove that the RNZAF Corsairs were the second lot of RNZAF pilots flying them, as the first group (including my late friend Bryan Cox) left Japan in the first week of April 1947.
well done for keeping this history alive and sharing it!
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Post by davem2 on Jul 6, 2021 20:24:54 GMT 12
I thought that the Corsairs could well be FAA?
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